Police bring down a drone in Jammu along with IED

By: Musaib Iqbal MK

Srinagar

Police on Friday said that they were able to shoot down an aerial object carrying an IED weighing 5 kgs in the Kanachak area of Jammu. It is the first major success for the police bringing down a drone along with IED.

According to the news agencies reporting about the incident they have said that police detected during the early hours of Monday a drone near the international border at Kanachak after which a Quick Reaction Team (QRT) deployed in the area as part of Anti Drone strategy was pressed into action.

“Drone was spotted and police personnel shot it down,” the police was quoted by the news agencies adding that the case was under investigation.

“On five of its wings, it had five kilograms of IED attached to it which is a grave security concern,” the official said. “The IED material has been seized and investigation as well as physical and technical examination is going on.” KNO in its report on the incident quoted.

The KNO further said the drone has been shot down around eight kilometres inside IB in Kanachak. “We are ascertaining the purpose of the IED material as to whether it was air-dropped or transported to some other location”.

With inputs from KNO