Troops unearthed a hideout and recovered war-like stores, besides arresting an Over Ground Worker (OGW) of a militant outfit in the Kashmir valley on Thursday night, official sources said.

They said troops of 1-PARA conducted a search operation at village Wadar Bala, four km from Bunawar in the frontier district of Kupwara following a tip-off about a militant hideout.

During the operation a hideout was busted a large cache of arms and ammunition, including one Pika gun, 1079 rounds of ammunition 30 grenades of UBGL, 5 hand grenades and six AK magazines were recovered.

However, no one arrested.

In another operation Rashtriya Rifles (RR) apprehended one OGW of Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM) at Chuntimul in north Kashmir district of Bandipora.