Imphal: Security forces in Manipur seized a US-made M16 rifle along with a large cache of arms, ammunition and explosives during intensified search operations on Wednesday.
The most significant recovery was made from a jungle area located between Maohing and Changoubung villages in Kangpokpi district.
Troops discovered one M16 rifle with a magazine and ten rounds, a looted .303 rifle with two magazines, a CMG with its magazine and two rounds, a 7.62 mm LMG barrel, a lathode with two rounds, three pistols including a US-made pistol with three magazines, a .22 rifle with its magazine and forty rounds, six bolt action rifles, two single barrel rifles and twelve rounds of 12 mm ammunition.
They also found three improvised projectile launchers (commonly called pumpis), two hand grenades, four Baofang radio sets and three bulletproof jackets.
In a separate operation at Kotzim village under New Keithelmanbi police station in Kangpokpi district, the forces recovered a 9 mm carbine with its magazine, a single barrel rifle, three pull mechanism rifles, three improvised mortars and two hand grenades.
In another operation conducted at Khongnangpokpi area under Sekmai police station in Imphal West, one pompi gun, a country-made rifle, a hand grenade, a radio handset and a charger were seized.
