Army Recovers Drone-Dropped Ammunition, Defuses IED in Poonch

• The Army recovered 70 rounds of ammunition and a suspected IED in Poonch district, Jammu and Kashmir, on Thursday.
• The consignment was found in the Chakkan da Bagh belt of Khari village, believed to have been dropped by a drone.
• A yellow tiffin-box contained about two kilograms of suspected improvised explosive device (IED).
• The Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) successfully defused the IED through a controlled explosion.
• A joint search operation by the Indian Army, J&K Police, and SOG is underway in the area.

Why It Matters: Army successfully thwarted a potential threat by recovering drone-dropped ammunition and defusing an IED in Poonch.