Kohima, June 27: Security forces intercepted a vehicle in Kohima and recovered huge arms and ammunition, explosives on Tuesday.

According to sources, the vehicle was headed towards violence-hit Manipur.

After getting specific intelligence input regarding attempts to smuggle weapons and explosives and other war-like stores to Manipur via Nagaland, a joint operation of Assam Rifles and Nagaland police was launched on Monday evening and the arms, ammunition, explosives were seized.

In Manipur, the security forces also installed more than a hundred checkpoints in different districts to tighten the security measures and to conduct searches in suspected vehicles.

“The successful operation foiled an attempt of a major incident by the inimical elements on the security forces and the government agencies deployed in Manipur,” stated a defence release.

The combined security forces in Manipur have so far recovered 1,100 looted arms, 13,702 pieces of various types of ammunition and 250 live bombs.

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