Jammu: Early on Thursday morning, the Jammu and Kashmir police recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition from a Kashmir-bound truck and arrested three Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists.
A senior police official said that the truck was seized after arms and ammunition were recovered from truck, concealed in a specially created box. Three terrorists including the one who was driving the truck were affiliates of Pakistan-based terror outit Jaish-e-Mohammad, said the police official adding that the nabbed terrorists were being grilled by the police.
He said that the truck was on its way to Srinagar from Amritsar and was stopped by police between Kathua and Lakhanpur at Punjab-Jammu border.
The arms and ammunition recovered included two AK 47 and four AK 56 rifles, large quantity of ammunition and explosives besides Rs 4.5 lakh in cash, said the official.
Reacting to the incident, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said, “Pakistan sponsored terror continues unabated in the state of J&K.
Further details are awaited.