Manipur: Security forces recover another huge weapons cache

Imphal: A joint team from the central and state forces conducted an operation targeting a village located along the Manipur-Myanmar border and uncovered a cache of weapons, ammunition, and explosives during the past 24 hours.

Acting on specific intelligence of the presence of arms and ammunition at an illegal camp occupied by the militants in the Samukom area, Tengnoupal District sharing borders with Myanmar, the Assam Rifles, ITBP, and Manipur Police launched a joint combing operation.

In the cordon and search operation, several warlike stores of items including two pistols, two Pompi (big), a Pompi (small), eight 7.62 mm live rounds, two Pistol rounds, nine IEDs, eight high explosive pompi grenades, two Explosive material cakes, eight 36 hand grenades, and two Walkie Talkie were recovered.

This Samukom area is dominantly inhabited by the Kuki-Zo community.

The officials added that the recovered items have been handed over to Manipur Police for further legal action.