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JAMMU: A drone from Pakistan dropped a consignment of arms and ammunition in a border village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district on Friday, police said on Saturday.“Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of BSF and special operations group of police launched a search operation in Paloora village of Rajpura area on Friday night.

A packet containing one Chinese HE grenade, 16 rounds of 9mm cartridges, one Glock pistol with a magazine, and one Star pistol with two magazines was recovered from the site,” police said.

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The recovery was made amid heightened security measures to thwart any attempt by terrorists to disrupt the upcoming Republic Day celebrations, police added.Earlier, on Nov 21, a Pakistani drone was sighted over a forward village along international border in Ghagwal tehsil of Samba, prompting security forces to conduct a search operation for suspected airdropping of narcotics, weapons, or other payloads.On Oct 27, BSF foiled a major narcotics smuggling attempt from across the border in Ranbir Singh Pura in Jammu district. Two bags dropped by a Pakistani drone were recovered, containing over five kilograms of heroin worth more than Rs 25 crore in the international market.