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SFs seize huge arms cache, 'war-like stores'
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 20 2024:
A combined team of Imphal East commandos, Lamlai police, Maphou Dam police and Imphal East police (Reserve Line) seized a large cache of arms and ammunition from the general area Songphil-Laikhong ridges and its adjacent places.
The arms and ammunition were seized during an operation executed in three phases.
Firstly sand mining excavators and vehicles burnt down on March 17 at Keihao village were retrieved and later a combing operation was launched to cover both the adjoining hills and the valley at 2 pm and recovered abandoned war like stores from a place about 100 meters north to the area where vehicles were burnt down.
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The seized items include one pompi or country made launcher (6 feet), one pompi or country made launcher (3 feet), two Radio sets, seven country made launcher live bombs, nine AK 47 rifle live ammunitions, seven SLR fired cases, 21 pieces .303 fired cases and one fired case of country made launcher.
Further the combined team continued the search operation at Nungmanbi/Pheija village located between Keithelmanbi and Laikhong Village, Kangpokpi District.
In that, the combined team recovered and seized another cache of arms, ammunition and explosives.
The seized items were (i) One 5.56 mm INSAS Rifle, (ii) one .303 Rifle with magazine, (iii) one 9 mm pistol (country made) with magazine, (iv) 38 (thirty eight) nos of .303 rifle live ammunitions, (v) 18 nos of 12 bore live ammunitions, (vi) One INSAS Rifle magazine, (vii) One INSAS LMG magazine, (viii) 2 hand grenades, (ix) 28 nos.of .303 rifle live ammunitions (blank ), (x) 59 nos of .303 rifle empty case ammunitions, (xi) 6 nos of 12 bore empty case ammunitions, (xii) three nos.of Kenwood wireless sets, (xiii) seven) nos of tear smoke shells (LR), (xiv) four nos of tear smoke soft nose, (xv) one stun shell, (xvi) 18 nos of 7.62 SLR empty case ammunitions, (xvii) one mortar fin, (xviii) one AK 47 Rifle magazine (broken) and (xix) 2 (two) nos.of 161 MK-III, MK-I fuse caps.
The recovered items have been handed over to Maphao dam PS for further legal procedures.
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