Police recover arms, ammos, drugs
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, April 30 2024:
A team of Imphal East district police commando recovered arms and ammunition during a search operation conducted around 3 pm Monday in the vicinity of Mantripukhri Bazar.
According to a police report, the weapons found stashed in a thickly vegetated area on the western side of Mantripukhri auto-rickshaw parking zone, include one each US-made 9mm 'Beretta' pistol and Italy-made 9mm 'Pietro' pistol, five magazines and 475 rounds.
The recovered items have been handed over to Heingang police station for further investigation.
In another development, a team of Imphal East district police commando recovered 45 100ml bottles of Codeine Phosphate, 62 empty bottles and 12 strips of Spasmo Proxyvon (SP) capsules from a chicken centre at Khabeisoi, Imphal East district on Monday around 5.40 pm.
According to sources, the police team accompanied by a gazetted officer searched the chicken centre run by one Md Bakta Khan alias Mayangmayum Bakta Khan (44) son of Md Roma of Khabeisoi Mamang Leikai and recovered the contraband items and arrested Bakta, who along with the recoveries has been handed over io Heingang police station.