Arms recovered
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 04 2020:
A combined team of CDO Bishnupur and 16th Assam Rifles conducted a search operation at Kodompokpi farmland areas and recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition at around 3.30 am today.
The seized items include one .32 pistol with 2 magazines, one .22 pistol with one magazine, one local made 12 Bore Rifle, one Chinese hand grenade, one radio handset, 47 number of AK ammunition, 24 number of M-16 ammunition, 6 number of 9 mm ammunition, 2 number of 12 Bore Rifle ammunition, 4 number of .38 pistol ammunition and 2 number of .32 pistol ammunition.
The arms were found concealed in a bamboo grove near a farm hut of Thongam Angou Meitei of Kodompokpi Mayai Leikai.
The items have been handed over to Nambol Police Station and a case has been registered for further investigation, said sources.