Security Forces in Manipur have recovered caches of arms and ammunition from Samuchep Lok/Nala, bordering Bishnupur and Churachandpur districts. The haul on Sunday includes two SLRs, one SBBL gun, two improvised mortars, four hand grenades, two locally made 9 mm pistols and tear smoke grenades, among other things, as per an official release by the Police Control Room.
The recovery was made under intensified search operations and area domination by the security forces in vulnerable hill and valley districts in the State amid President’s rule in the region. According to the release, as part of intelligence-based combing and cordon-and-search operations targeting extortion activities, security forces have also arrested two active cadres of proscribed outfits, KCP (PWG) and KYKL (SOREPA) and seized two mobile phones from their possession.
In a separate operation on Sunday, security forces arrested two individuals from Imphal East, with 34 grams of suspected heroin powder seized.
