IMPHAL, Nov 7: A cache of arms and ammunition was
recovered during an operation in the fringe area of Imphal
East district on Monday.
A police source said that the cache of arms and ammunition
was intercepted during an operation by the police
commandos attached with the Imphal East district police at
Khundrakpam Mayai Leikai under Heingang police station
this morning.
The recovered cache included one SMG carbine with three
empty magazines, one 36 hand grenade with ring, one tube
launcher, 16 INSAS LMG magazines, four INSAS Rifle gas
cylinder capes, seven 7.62 SLR ammunition charger clip, 63
rounds of 9mm, three empty ammunition carrier boxes and
six anti-riot shells.
The cache was found buried near a crematorium during the
search operation.
During the search operation that started from 6 am and
lasted till 7.30 am, the police commandos raided as many as
70 houses and verified the occupants of houses.
However, no one was detained, the police source also said.
The police in strife-torn Manipur have been conducting joint
operations with the state and central security forces to
recover illegal arms and ammunition in the possessions of
the civilians including those looted from the police and state
security forces in the wake of ethnic clash erupted in the
state on May 3 last.
Over 5,600 arms and around 6.5 lakh rounds of live
ammunition of various types were looted during the peak of
violence.
However, police sources said that so far around 1,500 arms
and 20,000 rounds of ammunition were recovered so far in
the search operations. (NNN)