The Army on Sunday evening opened fire at a Pakistani drone seen hovering along the Line of Control in the Nowshera sector of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir, sources said.
Police sources said the drone returned to the Pakistan side when the troops tried to shoot it down.
For the past few days, there has been a spurt in drone intrusion attempts in J&K from across the border. On Saturday, the Border Security Force and the J&K Police had seized a consignment of arms and ammunition near the International Border in Samba district.
The seized consignment, which included two pistols along with three magazines, 16 rounds and a grenade, appears to have been dropped through a drone from the Pakistan side, sources said.
The seizure followed searches jointly launched by police and BSF personnel after reports about the movement of a cross-border drone over Paloora village in the Ghagwal area late Friday night.
Ahead of Republic Day celebrations, police and security forces, as part of their intensified vigil, have already stepped up combing and search operations, besides increasing the number of nakas across the Jammu region.
On Friday, they had seized a small drone suspected to have been used for surveillance in the R S Pura area.
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Meanwhile, security forces have launched searches in the Kanachak area, along the International Border near Jammu, after intelligence agencies picked up the signal of a satellite phone communication, officials said.
