J&K Police recovers AK-65 rifle on outskirts of Jammu

Jammu: Police on Thursday night recovered an AK-56 rifle along with some pouches with an unidentified substance from near a canal on the outskirt of Jammu city.

The police said they rushed a team to the canal near Darap village in Satwari area on a tip-off that the weapon was cited by some villagers and began searching for it.

They subsequently discovered the contraband from the bank of canal along with two pouches of some unknown substance and sent then same for forensic tests.

The police lodged a FIR in Satwari police station and have begun a probe to ascertain the identity of the person, who abandoned the rifle, which appeared to be some month old.

The area from which the weapon was discovered falls in the ambit of RS Pura border belt close to International Border (IB).