Two U.S. citizens detained at Srinagar airport over satellite-based GPS device

The Jammu and Kashmir constabulary connected Sunday (April 19, 2026) detained 2 nationals from the United States astatine the Srinagar airdrome pursuing the betterment of a Global Positioning Service (GPS) instrumentality and a communicator.

A elder constabulary serviceman told The Hindu that the substance was being investigated. Officials said the police, during searches, spotted the Garmin GPS device, which tin beryllium operated from a satellite, successful a question handbag. Thereafter, 2 U.S. citizens were deboarded, and the instrumentality was seized. The duo was identified arsenic Jeffrey Scott Prather from the U.S. authorities of Montana and Haldar Koushik, an Indian-origin idiosyncratic settled successful the U.S.