Two Kashmir-based operatives of the terror outfit JeM were arrested on Monday along with two AK assault rifles with nine magazines and 269 bullets, a pistol with two magazines, and 16 hand grenades that were dropped by terrorist handlers from across the border using drones, a senior police officer said on Monday.

They had travelled from Kashmir to the IB at Vijaypur in Samba and collected the arms and ammunition, Inspector General of Police, Jammu, Mukesh Singh said.

The duo — Umar Ahmad Malik and Suhail Ahmad Maik — both residents of Semthan village of Bijbehara in Anantnag — were arrested from the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in a joint operation by the Ramban district police and SOG, Jammu. — PTI

Courtesy: Daily Tribune: 18th January 2021