JAMMU: A suspected drone was spotted near
Army area late night on Friday in the city outskirts barely after few hours when J&K Police shot down an IED laden hexacopter on Friday Morning.
Sources said that at about 2025 hours, one suspicious flying object, possibly a drone with blinking white light was seen flying near Army chak at Kaluchak under the jurisdiction of Police Station Gangyal Jammu.
"The flying object was flying at a height about 150-200 metre above the ground level and was spotted for a minute and it reportedly came from the Jammu side and left towards Ratnuchak - village Birpur.
"Alert was sounded and the area was cordoned,'' sources added .
Earlier in the day, Jammu Police foiled a terror plot and shot down one drone of Jaish-e-Mohammad fitted with 5 Kgs of ready to use Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Akhnoor area.
On Friday ADGP Jammu Mukesh Singh in a press conference also revealed that in the last one-and a half years, police have recovered drone dropped 16 AK 47 , 15 grenades and 18 IEDs in the region .
Jammu TNN