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Bid to blow up Imphal-Moreh highway foiled
BSF recovers bombs, wires
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 12 2023:
A convoy of Border Security Force (BSF) averted a major tragedy along National Highway (102) today at around 9.15 am as they detected and seized 45 bombs (IED) from a particular place in between Sinam and Bongyang on the Imphal-Moreh stretch of the highway under Tengnoupal police station.
According to security forces, the bombs (45 IEDs), cordex wire (700 metre approx), flexible electric wire (300 metre approx), digging tools and two cars (Hyundai i10 and Maruti Alto) both bearing Manipur registration number were seized during a joint operation.
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Saying that the IEDs were found dumped at roadside bushes, packed in a plastic bag, the security forces continued that 700 metre of cordex wire was found buried on the side of another hillock of the National Highway.
The wire was unearthed, it said and added that some digging tools were also found from the nearby area.
Another 300 metre of flexible electric and the two unattended cars were seized from the place where the digging tools were found, it continued.
The seized items have been handed over to police.
As per North East Now, the IEDs were planted on the National Highway connecting Imphal to Moreh, India's last border town in the Manipur sector with Myanmar on the south by the militants.
Numerous civilian and military vehicles had passed through the location where the explosive was planted.
Soon after the report of the recovery of the explosives, a team of bomb experts for the State and Central forces rushed to the spot and recovered the items safely.
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