Imphal, July 27: Manipur Police recovered 29 firearms, a bomb and a substantial quantity of ammunition during a search operation in the Wakha Ching area of Imphal East district on Sunday.
The search led to the recovery of 29 firearms, comprising five Self-Loading Rifles (SLRs), two INSAS rifles with straight butts, two INSAS rifles with folding butts, two AK Ghatak rifles, one INSAS Light Machine Gun (LMG), six .303 rifles, three double-barrel breech-loading (DBBL) guns, seven single-barrel breech-loading (SBBL) guns and one pump-action gun. Several magazines for the recovered weapons were also seized.
Security forces also recovered one lathode bomb, 530 rounds of .303 live ammunition, 64 rounds of 7.62 mm SLR ammunition, 19 INSAS live rounds, six rounds of 5.56 mm carbine ammunition, 40 drill cartridges and 17 chargers for .303 rifles.
Following specific intelligence inputs regarding the movement of armed miscreants, police launched an operation and recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition.
During an extensive search in the jungle area of Wakha Hill, opposite the Shelloi Langmai Composite Farm, security personnel detected four suspicious plastic bags concealed in the forest.
