Man held with pistol for sale
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, April 23 2022:
A team of Jiribam police commando unit nabbed a man and recovered one pistol along with two live rounds during frisking and checking at Leingangpokpi on Saturday morning.
The arrested person has been identified as Hengoulen Doungel (22) son of Tongkhojang Doungel of Pangmol village, Tamenglong district.
According to a police source, the Jiribam police commando unit under the supervision of OC inspector S Guikan Thangal stopped a Tata truck (AS 01BC-7828) coming from Imphal at about 10.30am.During the checking, one person was found seated at the rear side of the truck in a suspicious manner.
When the commando team conducted body search, the man, who identified self as Hengoulen Doungel, was found in possession of one pistol with two live rounds.
The commando team also recovered one mobile phone without SIM card, Aadhaar card, driving license and PAN card from him.
During further questioning, Hengoulen disclosed that he boarded the truck from Old Kaiphundai and the firearm was meant for selling at Raniveng, Jiribam.