Jammu, Aug. 21 -- Security forces launched a massive search operation in the Gajansoo-Marh belt along the Indo-Pakistan International Border in Jammu after a suspected hostile drone was spotted deep inside Indian territory on Wednesday.

According to officials, the drone movement was noticed in the evening hours, triggering immediate alert in the border belt. Jammu and Kashmir Police, along with Border Security Force (BSF) personnel, swiftly cordoned off the fields and adjoining residential areas to locate the flying object.

The area remained tense as search teams combed through agricultural lands and village clusters, amid apprehensions of a possible weapons or narcotics drop. "Soon after receiving inputs of drone activity, teams of BSF...