Imphal: Manipur police and central forces conducted cordon and search operations (CSOs) targeting different militant hideouts in four villages across Jiribam and Churachandpur.
The operations winded up with the recovery of a substantial cache of arms and ammunition on Wednesday, police said on Thursday.
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However, no arrests were made during the operation.
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Police added that acting on specific intelligence of the presence of arms and ammunition, the CSO was launched at Thangboipunjee, Narayanpur, and Champanagar villages in Jiribam district on Wednesday.
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The operations successfully ended with recovering two double barrel 12 bore, one 2-inch mortar, 36 live barrel cartridges, and 5 empty barrel cartridges.
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Another CSO was carried out at H Kotlian village in the Churachandpur district.
During the operation, one 3-0-3 rifle, one 9mm pistol, two modified pumpi, two long-range modified pumpi, several live rounds of ammunition, 16 blankets, 2 hats and a scarf were recovered.
The recovered articles were later handed over to the Manipur police.