SFs recover huge cache of arms and ammunition
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, September 04 2021:
In a well planned and executed joint operation, Noney Battalion of IGAR East of Spear Corps along with representative of Manipur Police seized a cache of arms, ammunition and other stores from a general area of Longphailum on September 2.Informing this in a release, Press Information Bureau (Defence Wing) said that the operation was based on specific input regarding a cache of arms, ammunition and other war like stores hidden in general area of Longphailum.
A search operation was launched along with a representative of Nungba police in the forest area in Longphailum on September 2 which led to the recovery of two .22 mm pistols and one 9 mm pistol with magazines, six rounds of 5.56 mm, 15 rounds of 7.62 mm, four rounds of 9 mm, 11 rounds of .22 mm and one Chinese hand grenade.
The recovered items have been handed over to Nungba police station for further investigation, it added.