Security forces recover arms, ammos
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, October 10 2024:
In joint operations conducted at different locations, security forces recovered cache of arms and ammunition.
According to a police report, Bishnupur police commandos, Nambol police, 33 AR and CRPF conducted search operations at the foothills of Aigejang and Uyuk village under Nambol police station from 5:30 am to 7:16 am on Thursday leading to recovery of one each CMG, tear gas gun, 9mm pistol with magazine and four rounds, .303 sniper rifle, SBBL and Baofeng radio set, apart from 1.35 kg of IED, three HE hand grenades, two tear smoke grenades, six rounds of 12 bore, four rounds of .303, two .303 casings, five anti-riot rubber bullets, three tube launchers, one 50m tear smoke shell, a 135m tear smoke shell (chilli), one CS tear smoke shell, two WP grenades, two wood-piercing shells, one 36 grenade arming ring, one normal tear smoke shell, one soft nose tear smoke shell, and one dye marker grenade (anti-riot) .
Meanwhile, a statement by the police control room issued Wednesday, informed that a search operation conducted by security forces on October 8 in Khelakhong area under Imphal West district, resulted in the recovery one SLR rifle with magazine, a modified .303 rifle with magazine, one 9mm pistol with magazine, 16 rounds of ammunition, five casings, a 36 hand grenade, two M67 hand grenades, one tube launcher, two tear smoke shells, two stun shells, and a Motorola wireless handset with a Charger.
In another search operation in Champhai Hill under Imphal East district on Wednesday, security forces recovered one M-16 rifle, two SLR rifles, one .22 rifle, one country-made sten gun, five magazines, eight country-made 9mm pistols, 30 magazines, and twelve 2-inch ILLU bombs.
The statement further informed that security forces recovered two .32 pistols with magazines, one 9mm pistol with magazine, two hand grenades, two improvised 2-inch mortars, 32 rounds, 80 casings, five tear gas shells, two WP green No 80 MK1 grenades, one rubber bullet shell, one smoke hand grenade, one arming ring and two BAOFENG radio wireless sets from Luwangshangbam sector of Langol Hill.