SRINAGAR: Three alleged Jaish-e-Muhammed (JeM) militants were arrested by the police in Jammu and Kashmir’s frontier district of Kathua on Thursday. They have been charged with smuggling weapons and ammunition into the Valley illegally for carrying out terror activities.
Inspector General of Police (Jammu range) Makesh Singh, said that during routine checking, a truck, loaded with cardboard material, was intercepted by the police at 8.00 am on the Jammu-Pathankot Highway. Three persons on board were arrested with arms and ammunition, he added. Confirming the arrests, SSP Kathua Sridhar Patil said that the police intercepted the truck having registration number JK 13E-2000 on specific inputs at Lakhanpur.
He said that the arms and ammunition recovered from the truck included four AK-56 rifles, two AK-47 rifles, six magazines and 180 rounds of ammunition, besides a cash of Rs 11,000. He said that all the alleged militants are residents of Kashmir Valley and that the truck is owned by one Suhil Ahmed Latoo of Gulshanabad in Pulwama.
