Jammu Jun 07 :- Police on Monday night recovered three magnetic IEDs dropped by a drone in the Kanachak area on the outskirts of Jammu city.
Giving details, police spokesperson said that BSF observed a drone activity in Kanachak area at night and fired some shots towards the drone. Immediately police party was deployed and they followed the anti drone SOP in the general area.
As per the spokesman, the party observed the drone activity around 11 pm at Dayaran area of Kanachak and fired at it again and the payload attached with the drone was brought down. However, the drone could not be brought down.
The payload contained three magnetic IEDs packed inside a tiffin box with timer set to different timings of 3 hours , 8 hours etc, police said adding the IEDs have been deactivated and defused through controlled explosion while a case has been registered and investigation taken up.
Significantly, sticky bombs have emerged as a new threat ahead of the 43-day long Amarnath yatra beginning June 30. The police have seized such explosive devices in the recent past as well.
