The Border Security Force (BSF), on Saturday, 30 September, unearthed a 14-feet long tunnel, which was being dug from the Pakistani side along the international border and recovered "war-like" store in Arnia sector, officials said.
An under-construction tunnel was found during sanitisation operations along the international border between Vikram and Patel posts near Damana.
Several items including batteries, food, knives and grenades were found from the tunnel.
The Border Security Force stated that Pakistan’s nefarious plan was foiled in time.
Noticed suspicious movement, surveyed area and found 13-14 ft long tunnel (in Arnia), but its end wasn’t open... Another illicit act by Pakistan was detected in time and an incident was averted.Ram Awtar IG BSF, Jammu Frontier
The tunnel was 14-feet long when it was detected by the alert troops, the officials said, adding "war-like" store was recovered during the search of the tunnel indicating the presence of armed infiltrators who, however, managed to flee.
The officials said a special drive for the detection of tunnels was launched all along the international border in the wake of recent cross-border shelling by Pakistan which left a jawan and a woman dead and scores of civilians injured.
(This story has been updated. With inputs from PTI, ANI)
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