The Rashtriya Rifles Battalion under the Romeo Force seized a cache of arms from Sagrawat village area in Rajauri District of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday.
"The arms cache included one disposable rocket launcher, two AK Rifle magazines, one Pakistan origin pistol of and four meters cordex," said Defence Spokesperson Lt. Col. Manish Mehta in a statement here.
Elaborating on the operation, he said following information received from a Territorial Army Battalion of the Romeo Force about a suspected militant hideout a joint operation led by an army officer, along with men of Rashtriya Rifles, Territorial Army and personnel of J&K police, was launched at 8.30am.
"The sustained efforts by the security forces yielded in discovery of the arms cache at around 1.30pm from a natural cave hidden under a boulder in the Sagrawat village area," he said.
The statement said it was another successful operation carried out by the Romeo Force, as arms could be used against the security forces and to carry out terrorist activities which could lead to loss of life and property. The arms were handed over to the police.