Srinagar

The Army has busted a terrorist hideout and recovered arms and ammunition in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday.

Based on specific intelligence input, a search operation was launched by the Army in the general area of the Keran sector on Monday, the officials said.

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During the operation, security forces busted a hideout and recovered five AK series rifles, nine AK magazines, a hand grenade, a huge cache of ammunition and other war-like stores, they said.