J&K police shoots down drone carrying 5 kg IED material in border belt of Jammu

After receiving information on drone flying over border belt of Kanachak along the International Border, a quick reaction team shot it down Thursday night, police official said.

File photo of security personnel at the Jammu Air Force Station after two low-intensity explosions were reported in the early hours of 27 June | PTI Photo

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir police has shot down a drone carrying improvised explosive device (IED) material weighing five kg in the border belt of Jammu district, officials said on Friday.

Following information about a drone flying over the border belt of Kanachak along the International Border (IB) on Thursday night, a quick reaction team (QRT) of the police swung into action and shot it down using anti-drone strategy, a police official said.

The drone was flying about seven to eight kilometres inside the border, the officials said, adding that it had six big wings and was a tetra-copter.

The IED material was attached with the flying object and was meant to be assembled into an IED before use, they said.