The militants, identified as Mohmmad Din and Mohmmad Akbar of Kupwara district, were held last night after their return to Jammu and Kashmir from Pakistan via Nepal, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police, Jammu-Samba-Kathua range J P Singh said.
Din and Akbar have crossed over to PoK for arms training in 1990 and 2008 respectively, he said.
Further probes are on, the DIG added.