# Security forces recover ammunition from Poonch hideout during J&K search operations 2026-08-05T23:13:13+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Troops from the Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police uncovered a cave hideout at Bhoriwala dhok in Poonch's Surankote area on Wednesday morning, the Times of India reported. The joint team seized two AK rifle magazines along with 117 rounds of ammunition and a further 17 rounds of 9mm pistol ammunition from the site. Two cordon and search operations launched a day earlier in Poonch remained active without any sighting or contact, after three suspects were allegedly spotted near Gujjar Naar and four more near Kherowali dhok in Dhara Sangla village. Forces also combed Sunail Panchayat in Jammu's Akhnoor sector following a resident's report of suspicious movement, and searched Kathua's Hiranagar sector after a suspected Pakistani drone allegedly entered Indian airspace on Tuesday and returned across the border when Border Security Force personnel tried to shoot it down, that follow up search turned up nothing. A separate CRPF and police team combed the stretch from Parshuram Temple to Jandi Nallah in Hiranagar as an area domination exercise. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The seized magazines and rounds are the one outcome officials confirmed, the suspect sightings near Gujjar Naar and Kherowali dhok and the drone's entry into Indian airspace are all reported as allegations. Nothing in the Times of India account identifies who used the cave or links it to the separate sightings elsewhere in Poonch. Officials said the subsequent search of the Hiranagar area, after the suspected Pakistani drone returned across the border, did not yield anything suspicious. Any sighting or contact from the two cordon and search operations still running near Gujjar Naar and Kherowali dhok would be the next confirmed detail in this operation. ## Coverage - timesofindia.indiatimes.com Tags: Jammu and Kashmir, Poonch Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/terrorist-hideout-busted-in-poonch-ammo-seized-search-ops-launched-in-jammu-kathua/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/terrorist-hideout-busted-in-poonch-ammo-seized-search-ops-launched-in-jammu-kathua/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.