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Arms seized as hideout busted in J&K

November 18, 2009 12:01 IST
Army troops busted a hideout in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir and recovered arms and ammunition from the place, police said in Jammu on Wednesday.

Acting on a tip off, the troops launched a search and cordon operation in Nud forest area of Surankote tehsil, about 210-kms from Jammu on Tuesday night, they said, adding the natural cave-type hideout was busted in the operation.

Troops recovered one Chinese pistol, two magazines, 110 rounds of pistol, five magazines of AK rifle, 150 rounds of AK ammunition, 31 pika rounds among other things.

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