Two active cadres of the proscribed United National Liberation Front (UNLF) along with a sophisticated weapon and 3 mobile handsets have been arrested from two hideouts in combing operations in Imphal areas on Wednesday, the police said on Thursday.

One arm (9mm Pistol), 143 ammunition, and 03 mobile handsets with 4 sim cards, the police said. Based on intelligence inputs, the commandos of the Manipur police raided two hideouts simultaneously in Imphal East and Imphal West districts on Wednesday. One cadre of the outfit was arrested from Elangbam Leikai, Imphal West District, and the other from Singjamei Wangma Bamol Leikai, Imphal East.

They were involved in the extortion of huge amounts of money from the general public and were later handed over to the concerned police stations for further legal action the police added. The UNLF is a separatist insurgent group active in the state of Manipur in Northeast India which aims at establishing a sovereign and socialist Manipur.