Arms looted from both hills and valley : PCR
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 06 2023:
The Police Control Room (PCR) has refuted the claim that arms and ammunition were looted from different police stations and armouries in the valley districts only.
In its bulletin issued late last night, the Control Room said that the claim is misleading to the extent that arms and ammunition were looted from different police stations and armouries of both hill and valley districts.
It further said that the security forces have been continuously raiding the hill and valley areas to recover the looted arms and ammunition and as a result of which 1057 arms and 14201 have been recovered from the valley districts and another 138 arms and 121 ammunition from the hill districts.
There was also an attempt to snatch weapons from a police team at Toupokpi police outpost in Lilong Chajing, Imphal West on August 5, it continued, adding that police foiled the attempt.
"Yesterday (August 5) evening in a gunfight between combined team of 5/9 GR & 21 SF with militants at village A Mungchamkom under New Keithelmanbi Police Station, one individual who is cadre of non-SoO organisation was arrested and one SLR along with 01(one)magazine and 50 rounds were seized from his possession," the police added.