Police, AR recover arms
Source: The Sangai Express
CCpur, April 30 2018:
Churachandpur police along with 25 Assam Rifles recovered a cache of automatic weapons from a man at B Aijalon village during their joint cordon and surveillance operation at about 10 am yesterday.
Three automatic weapons along with an extra magazine each were reportedly recovered from a man identified as Lunmang Haokip alias Mark of B Aijalon during the joint operation which according to the SP Churachandpur was initiated after receiving actionable inputs from their sister agencies.
Sources have identified the recovered guns as a German made GSG-5P Carbine, an M4-A2 carbine made in the USA, and a MA-3 MK-II rifle.
The seized weapons, according to the accused belong to one Thangsei Haokip of B Aijalon.
They were transported from S Geltui village in Singngat sub-division by the arrested man on the day of its seizure.
While police sources said the hunt for other accused in the case is on in full swing, the accused has now been remanded in police custody for 8 days.