Srinagar, Sep 7 (PTI) Two 'hybrid' militants of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) were arrested in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Wednesday.

A police spokesman identified them as Faizan Fayaz Bhat, a resident of Budden Rafiabad Sopore, and Yawar Nizam Mir from Konsoo, Shopian.

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A 'hybrid' militant is not listed as an ultra but is radicalised enough to carry out a terror strike and then slip back into routine life.

"Incriminating materials, arms and ammunition including two pistols, two pistol magazines, two grenades, 20 pistol rounds, an AK-47 magazine and 50 AK live rounds were seized from their possession," the spokesman said.

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