Arms, ammo recovered
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, June 22 2024:
A combi-ned team of the Special Ope- ration Group (SOG) of Thou-bal district police and 33 Assam Rifles recovered a number of arms, ammunition and explosives from Waithou foothill area today morning.
The operation was laun-ched on receiving reliable inputs about some unknown armed miscreants storing and hiding weapons at the Waithou foothill area, said police.
The Special Operation Group (SOG) of Thoubal district police along with 33 AR personnel rushed to the spot and launched a massive search operation at 6.30 am .
During the search, the security forces recovered one SMG Carbine along with a magazine, one single barrel gun, one bolt action rifle, two 36 HE hand grenades, two Chinese hand grenades, one revolver, two 2 inch mortar shells, two 81 mortar shells, one wireless set, one IED, two smoke shells, two smoke grenades, one SLR magazine and one assault rifle magazine.
The arms, ammunition and explosives recovered have been deposited at Lilong police station for further legal actions and investigation.