On November 30, Police recovered arms and ammunition from the house of an absconding Over Ground Worker (OGW), Mukhtar Hussain Shah, in Panjitara village under Taad Police Station Karnah in Kupwara District, reports Daily Excelsior. The recoveries included one AK rifle, one AK magazine, 22 live ammunition of AK, one 9mm pistol and one pistol magazine
On November 30, Security Forces busted a terrorist hideout at village Nabna in Surankote tehsil (revenue unit) in Poonch District and recovered a cache of arms and explosives, reports Daily Excelsior. The recoveries included two AK assault rifles, six magazines, 69 rounds, one pistol with a magazine and five hand grenades..
Border Security Force (BSF) Inspector General (Jammu Frontier) D. K. Boora said on November 30 that “the International Border is incident free despite huge pressure on the forces and attempts from across the border to carry out infiltrations”. He stated, “All infiltration attempts have been foiled. Seven infiltration bids were foiled and all the guides and infiltrators eliminated,” adding that none of the infiltration attempts in 2022 had been successful. “The border in Jammu is totally safe. We have been able to ensure safety and security throughout the year. We hope that there will be no infiltrations from across the border in 2023,” he further added. Referring to the smuggling of Turkey- and China-made weapons into the country, Boora said, “It is immaterial for us from where Pakistan and terror outfits get them. Our aim is to seize them and not allow anyone to use them.” Replying to a question on Pakistan’s alleged involvement in terror activities along the International Border, he said, “It is not possible that such activities (infiltration, drone flights) are done without the involvement of their (Pakistan) security agencies. They fully support them (terrorists) and are part of these operations.” “We keep protesting with our Pakistan counterparts for these activities,” he added. Admitting that drone activity was a problem, Boora said, “As the problem intensified, the measures to contain it were upgraded”. Boora added that the deployment of the new measures and equipment had largely decreased drone activity in Jammu. Comparing the drone activity with that in the Punjab sector, he said that unlike before, the BSF was shooting down unmanned aerial vehicles every two to three days. “The troops are alert to the drone threat. In the future, we are confident of fully containing it. In Jammu, it has been contained with the joint effort and coordination of security forces and police,” he said. He said Security Forces and police had recovered most of the weapons and explosives dropped from drones in various places of the Jammu region and the Kashmir valley. Talking about the terrorists who entered through the tunnel via Samba and engineered the April 22, 2022, Sunjwan attack, he said, “The tunnel was detected and the terrorists who came through killed. It shows the coordination of the security forces.” Calling narco-terrorism an effort to finance terror operations, Boora said, “We did not allow it to be successful on the Jammu border.”