Overview
- Police in Kulgam detained five people described as terrorist associates and seized two pistols, three magazines, 40 nine‑mm rounds, and three grenades during an intelligence‑led raid.
- A joint search in the Nagda Nar forest near Handwara uncovered and destroyed an old hideout that contained an AK‑47, three grenades, eight AK magazines, a silencer, 857 AK rounds, 192 PIKA rounds, and other ammunition.
- The Jammu and Kashmir police and the Army conducted both actions as coordinated operations that combined local intelligence with on‑ground search teams.
- Authorities are processing the seized weapons and ammunition and have opened follow‑up investigations to trace supply networks and any handlers linked to the arrested associates.
- If the probes link the caches to active militant units, security officials expect further targeted raids and arrests that could reduce weapons flow into forest hideouts used for storage.