Overview
- Officials reported at least five brief incursions over Samba, Rajouri and Poonch between 6:25 pm and 7:15 pm on January 11, with the objects returning to the Pakistan side.
- Troops in the Nowshera sector opened fire with light and medium machine guns, counter-UAS measures were activated and coordinated ground searches are underway.
- Security forces are checking potential drop zones and maintaining a high alert posture ahead of Republic Day, with no arrests or recovered payloads reported so far.
- A satellite-phone signal was detected around 03:30 in the Kanachak area near the International Border, triggering joint operations by the Army, BSF, SOG and J&K Police.
- Days earlier, a cache containing two pistols, three magazines, 16 rounds and a grenade was recovered in Samba in a package believed to have been dropped by a cross-border drone, and a case has been registered to trace the route and intended recipients.