The movement of suspicious persons was detected along the Line of Control (Loc) in the Rampur sector of the Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir on August 30. The Army had kept close surveillance on the movement was from a village close to the LoC where suspects had crossed into the Indian territory. 

Due to the adverse terrain, thick foliage and bad weather conditions, an alert was sounded for a likely infiltration attempt. The surveillance grid was beefed up across the area and ambushes were re-sited to thwart any such attempt. The surveillance continued through the night.

Subsequently, on August 31 around 5 am, the search of the area carried out. After an extensive search of seven hours, a huge cache of arms and ammunition was recovered from well-concealed locations at two hideouts in Rampur Sector.

The arms recovery comprised five AK Series Rifles (along with six magazines and two sealed boxes with 1254 rounds of AK ammunition), six pistols (with nine magazines and six rounds), 21 grenades, two UBGL grenades and two radio sets.