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Huge cache of arms recovered in Kashmir

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Press Trust of India Srinagar

The seizure included an AK 56 Rifle, its one magazine with 18 rounds, an Under Barrel Grenade Launcher (UBGL) with eight rounds, five rockets with a booster, four electric detonator, 14 IED Circuits and five Chinese grenades, the spokesman said.

The recovery was made on a specific information from Kandi forest, about 100 kms from here, during a joint search operation by troops of 47 Rashtriya Rifles and Special Operations Group of local police.

The recovery has foiled another attempt of militants to use these explosives and weapons to initiate unrest in the region, the spokesman added.

  

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First Published: May 18 2012 | 9:05 PM IST

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