Indian army shoots down Pakistani drone in J&K

A Pakistani Drone was gunned down by the Border Security Force along with the International Border in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday,

The patrolling party of the BSF found the drone hovering in the Rathua area of Hiranagar sector in Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir, and shot it down.

The officials said the BSF personnel fired about nine rounds and shot down the copter drone 250 meters inside Indian Territory. Several caches of weapons were recovered from the Pakistani drone.

The six copter drone itself weighed around 17.5 kilograms and the consignment weighed around five to six kilograms, an official reported.

The BSF IGP stated, "The BSF has shot down a drone from Pakistan near Kathua and recovered among others M-4 US-made semi-automatic rifle, 60 rounds in it, two magazines and seven M67 grenades".

As per an officials report, the drone was 8 feet inch wide blade-to-blade and seems to have been controlled by Pak picket opposite Panesar Post of BSF in Hiranagar sector.

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