Arms seized
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 17 2019:
After seizing a huge amount of drugs worth Rs 5.78 crore on January 13, Tengnoupal Battalion of 26 Sector Assam Rifles under the aegis of IGAR (South), successfully recovered weapons of foreign origin from an area near Khudengthabi today.
In a statement, PRO of Assam Rifles said that at about 3.30 pm, a team of Tengnoupal Battalion spotted an individual carrying a bag of charcoal around the Khudengthabi - Pillar track junction - Village Chalwa track.
On being asked to stop, the man threw the charcoal bag and ran away.
The entire area was sanitized and the party searched for the individual but he could not be located, said the statement.
On checking the charcoal bag, a total of three weapons of foreign origin including two rifles and one pistol along with two magazines were found hidden inside the bag in disassembled condition.
The weapons have been handed over to the police for further investigation, added the PRO.