Arms, warlike stores recovered

Imphal: Troops of Mantripukhri Battalion under the aegis of HQ IGAR (South) with Manipur Police seized a huge cache of arms, ammunition and other warlike stores from Samurou of Imphal West district on Sunday.

Based on a specific input about movement of certain stores in Samurou, a joint operation was launched by a team of Mantripukhri Battalion along with Wangoi Police.

During the operation, the joint teams established a mobile vehicle check post in Samurou and recovered arms and other warlike stores. The haul included four pistols, PEK plastic explosives, rounds of various rifles and three radio sets, the Assam Rifles said.

The recovered arms and warlike stores were handed over to Wangoi Police station for further legal action.