Overview
- Officials reported that two mortar shells were found in the Jhanghar forest area and a third was located in Makri village in Rajouri district, and army bomb disposal teams safely defused all three.
- Villagers in Dhaki Nala, Samba district, noticed a white-and-green aeroplane-shaped balloon bearing PIA markings that local police later seized from near the International Border.
- There were no reported casualties in either the ordnance finds or the balloon recovery and security teams handled the incidents as standard procedures.
- The account is based on statements from unnamed officials, local police and villagers and was published as an auto-generated PTI dispatch carried by ThePrint.
- Border districts in Jammu and Kashmir regularly report drifted objects and abandoned munitions, which keeps local police and army explosive‑ordnance teams engaged in frequent clearance and seizure operations that affect villagers' daily life.