Imphal: Security forces, in a joint operation, busted a militants’ hideout and recovered a large cache of arms, ammunition, explosives, and warlike stores of weapons in the interdistricts of Churachandpur and Bishnupur in Manipur.
Acting upon specific intelligence inputs, a combined team of Bishnupur police commandos, Nambol police, 33 Assam Rifle and 8th Battalion CRPF launched a joint operation in the fringe area between Aigejang foothills under the Nambol police station.
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Searches in the indicated area have led to the recovery of a huge cache of arms ammunition and explosives after busting a militants’ hideout.
However, no arrests were made as the militants fled from the scene after getting hints from security forces.
The recovered items include one .303 rifle, one bolt action rifle, two single-barrel guns, one .22 pistol with magazine, one 9mm pistol with magazine, five highly explosive hand grenades, one Chinese hand grenade, four 40mm highly explosive lathode grenades, one long-range modified mortar shell, two 2-inch mortar shells with carrier, ten empty cases of SLR, two tear gas grenades, one stun grenade, one smoke grenade, five smoke shells, one wood piercing shell, four anti-riot rubber bullets, two chilli grenades and five tear smoke shells.
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