Imphal: On the eve of the elections to the two Lok Sabha seats in Manipur, a combined team of the central and state forces launched search operations and area domination in the fringe and vulnerable areas of hills and valley districts resulting in recovering warlike weapons and explosives.
The elections to the two LS seats will go to the polls on April 19 and April 26.
Police reports said that at Langza area of Churachandpur, a hill District, the joint team seized three Single Barrel 12 mm bore Rifles, one 9mm CMG with the mag, one Tear Gas Gun, 14 live ammunition rounds, two 38mm Anti-riot Cartridge with a rubber bullet, three Tear Smoke shell (CS), two Improvised Long range Mortar, one Improvised Long Range Mortar Ammunition
At Aigejang village and Irengbam Maning of the valley district of Bishnupur, the team recovered one Carbine with one empty magazine, two Pistol with three empty magazines, one Revolver Pistol, one Flare Pistol, one IED weighing about 1.4 Kg, three 21 mm HE Mortar shell, one 51mm HE Mortar shell, two 2-inch smoke shell, one 2-inch Motar ILLU ammunition, four HE hand grenade without a detonator, one PEK (Plastic Explosive) IED bomb, 107 (one hundred and seven) live ammunition rounds, five Ballistic Cartridges, one IED remote control, 16 IED fuse, one Heavy Morse Key, CW Key with 3.5mm plug for IED, two Walkie Talkie Set Motorola, one Icom walkie Talkie, two empty magazines of AK-47, eight USA Carbine charger, 24 HE detonator, twelve 7.62 ammunition chargers, five .303 chargers, two Tube launcher with two rings, 1 of 36 HE hand grenade lever, and three Helmets.
The recovered items were handed over to the concerned police stations.