Srinagar, Apr 6 (PTI) Security forces on Sunday recovered arms and ammunition from a forest area in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.

"In a joint search operation, police and the Army recovered a substantial cache of war-like stores in the Kandi forest belt of Kupwara," an official said.

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The recoveries included a machine gun, seven hand grenades, 90 cartridges, a China-made binocular, two solar-powered mobile chargers, clothes, and a sleeping bag of foreign origin, according to the officials.

A large quantity of Pakistan-made medicines was also seized, they said.

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