Army seizes bag carrying ammo 'dropped by drone' in Poonch

The Army on Thursday recovered a consignment suspected to have been dropped by a drone along the Indo-Pakistan border in Poonch district.

The officials informed that the incident took place in an area between Rangar Nallah and the Poonch River in the Chakkan da Bagh belt of Khari village early in the morning.

The Army found a bag carrying dozens of ammunition rounds and a yellow tiffin box suspected to be an improvised explosive device. The bomb disposal squad examined the bag to check for threat.


Meanwhile, the Army has intensified search and surveillance operations in the Pir Panjal ranges of Poonch district in Jammu. The operations are being conducted amid heavy snowfall, extreme cold and challenging terrain.