SAMBA: Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday morning recovered a consignment of arms and ammunition from a suspected drone dropped packet in Rakh Barutia village of Vijaypur in Samba district.
An official said information regarding some suspicious material was received after which a team of Samba police rushed to the site and conducted searches. During which a yellow coloured packet was found lying near bushes.
The packet contained 4 Hand grenades (Chinese), 6 Magazines (48 Rounds), and 3 Pistols (Chinese). Additional Superintendent of Police Samba, Surinder Chowdhury said that the packing of packet and a long plastic string recovered suggests it was dropped via a drone.
He said they are investigating the matter, while teams of bomb disposal squad and forensics were called in and the packet was opened as per SOPs.
