Arms, ammos, drugs seized
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 18 2023:
A substantial number of arms and ammunition and drugs including pharmaceutical medicines and contraband ones were recovered from a foothill of Lilong Chaobok this morning.
Acting on specific information about the presence of war-like stores in Lilong Chaobok area, a combined team of Thoubal commandos, Lilong police and a column of 33 Assam Rifles led by Thoubal SP Soibam Sachidananda rushed to the spot and carried out a massive search operation.
During the search operation, arms, ammunition and other incriminating items were recovered and seized by the combined team from a foothill, close to an inter-village road of Lilong Chaobok by observing necessary formalities, sources informed.
The recovered/seized items included one carbine, one P266 pistol (made in Germany), one broken pistol with accessories, two magazines of pistol, one magazine of carbine, 37 live rounds of pistol, three live rounds of INSAS rifle, two live rounds of AK rifle, eight live rounds of .32, two live rounds of SLR, one Myanmar made Tac phone, one ATM card of Myanmar, five sim cards of Myanmar, three strips of Netasks tablets, three strips of Elza, one strip of Duicoflex tablet, nine pieces of Semplx tablet and 100 pieces of World is Yours tablets.
Later, the seized items were handed over to Lilong police station, the sources added.