Kupwara, April 26 -- While acting swiftly on specific intelligence inputs, a joint operation was launched today by the Special Operations Group (SOG) Camp Machil and the Indian Army's 12 SIKHLI unit in the forested area of Sedori Nala, Mushtaqabad Machil (Samsha Behak forest region), falling under the jurisdiction of Police Station Kupwara and Police Post Machil, a press release from Jammu and Kashmir police said.

During the operation, a Terrorist hideout was successfully located and busted. A significant cache of arms and ammunition was recovered from the site, including: five AK-47 Rifles, eight AK-47 Magazines, one Pistol, one Pistol Magazine, 660 Rounds of AK-47 Ammunition, one Pistol Round and 50 Rounds of M4 Ammunition.

The recove...