Arms recovered
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, May 20 2014 :
On May 19, troops of Red Shield Division recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition from Karang Pat area of Loktak Lake, said a PRO (Defence) statement adding that based on specific intelligence, a search operation was launched during the early hours of May 19 in the area of Karang Pat.
After a day long search, troops recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition including four 9mm Sub Machine Guns with magazines, one 40mm UBGL, one 40 mm Lathod Launcher, one 9mm Pistol with magazine, eight live rounds, twenty three 5.56mm rounds and forty 7.62 mm rounds.
The weapons and ammunition were found hidden in the pat area wrapped in polythene bags.
As per the source it is likely that the cache has been hidden by PLA cadres, added the PRO statement.