Chandigarh, June 11: Punjab Police on Thursday claimed it foiled a major attempt to smuggle weapons into Kashmir for carrying out attacks, with the arrest of two Jammu and Kashmir-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operatives.
Ten hand grenades, along with one AK-47 rifle with two magazines and 60 live cartridges were seized from the suspected militants, identified as Aamir Hussain Wani (26) of Hafsarmal, Shopian and Wasim Hassan Wani (27) of Sharmal, Shopian.
The duo, who were actively involved in transporting automatic weapons and hand grenades from Punjab to Kashmir, were nabbed by Pathankot police at a Naka on Amritsar-Jammu Highway in Sadar area police station.
Giving details, Punjab DGP Dinkar Gupta said the search of the truck, bearing JK registration number, led to the recovery of weapons and ammunition.
The accused revealed during preliminary investigation that they had been directed to collect the weapon consignment from Punjab by former J&K constable Ishfaq Ahmed Dar alias Bashir Ahmed Khan. Currently an active militant of LeT in the Valley, Dar had absconded in 2017.
The duo also disclosed that they had collected the consignment from two unknown persons early this morning at a pre-arranged location on Maqboolpura-Vallah road near the vegetable market in Amritsar.
They had then concealed the consignment in the truck, which they had brought ostensibly for the purpose of loading vegetables and fruits from the mandi in Amritsar, according to the DGP.
