{"id":198683,"date":"2026-04-19T19:47:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T14:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=198683"},"modified":"2026-04-19T19:47:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T14:47:42","slug":"us-national-local-detained-at-srinagar-airport-with-satellite-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/04\/19\/us-national-local-detained-at-srinagar-airport-with-satellite-phone.html","title":{"rendered":"US national, local detained at Srinagar airport with satellite phone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar: A US national was detained at Srinagar airport in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir today after authorities found him in possession of a satellite phone.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, the individual has been identified as Jeffrey Scott Prather, a resident of Montana, USA.<\/p>\n<p>Reports said that he was intercepted during routine security checks, following which security agencies took him into custody for questioning.<\/p>\n<p>The use of satellite phones is strictly regulated in Kashmir, and possession without prior authorization is prohibited.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said a local person, accompanying him, has also been detained, and further investigation is underway to ascertain the purpose of their visit and use of the device.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar: A US national was detained at Srinagar airport in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir today after authorities found him in possession of a satellite phone. According to Kashmir Media Service, the individual has been identified as Jeffrey Scott Prather, a resident of Montana, USA. Reports said that he was intercepted during routine security &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":197980,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indian-occupied-jammu-and-kashmir"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/04\/arrest1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198683"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":198684,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198683\/revisions\/198684"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}