Drone spotted near Samba International border in J&K
On Sunday, The Jammu and Kashmir Police spotted yet another drone flying near the Samba International border in J&K.
Drone spotted near intl border in J-K's Samba; search ops underway
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The drone movement was detected by the security troops last night.
“Late last night, villagers from Mangu Chak village, Samba informed Police of having spotted a drone in the area. Police forces are carrying out a search operation,” J&K Police officials informed ANI today morning.
The official said that the security forces have deployed a drone to launch a search operation after the villagers informed police about spotting a drone in the area.
Earlier on July 4, the villagers in the Rajpura area along the Indo-Pakistan international border in the Samba district are said to have spotted a Pakistani drone.
On July 4, a police official noted that according to some villagers, they saw a drone in the Rajpura area during the intervening night of Sunday and Monday.” Subsequently, SOG Samba launched a search operation around 5 am and used drones to scan the area but found nothing,” he said as per ANI.
According to ANI, earlier this year in May, security forces shot down a Pakistani drone carrying seven sticky or magnetic bombs and seven UBGLs (Under Barrel Grenade Launchers) in J&K’s Kathua district.
The incident had taken place on May 29, 2022, near Rajbagh police station in Kathua district, in the border area of Talli Haria Chak.
Seven UCGL grenades and seven magnetic sticky bombs were found in the after-effects of the drone’s crash.