Imphal: A joint team of the Indian Army, Assam Rifles, and Manipur Police recovered a cache of weapons and explosives from forested regions along the Churachandpur-Bishnupur district border on Wednesday morning.
The operation, aimed at curbing militant and anti-social elements, was carried out along the fringes of the Aigejang and Leimaram Uyok forests under the jurisdiction of the Nambol Police Station in Bishnupur district.
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According to officials, the raid began in the early hours and continued for nearly three hours.
During the search, security personnel dismantled a makeshift insurgent camp and seized a large stockpile of warlike materials.
The recovered items included a .303 rifle, a .303 sniper rifle, two SBBL guns, a No. 36 hand grenade, two 75 detonators, a 40 mm Lathode grenade, a No. 80 white phosphorus grenade, a tear smoke grenade, three stun shells, a soft-nose tear smoke shell, two anti-riot rubber bullets, and two 3-way tear smoke grenades.
While no suspects were arrested during the raid, the confiscated arms and explosives have been handed over to Nambol Police Station for further legal proceedings.
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