Imphal : In a series of operations launched by a joint team of Special Operation Groups (SOGs) of Manipur police and Assam Rifles recovered several arms, ammunition, and war-like stores during the past 36 hours in the state, the police said.

The SOGs recovered two pump guns (made from GI pipes) with wires, one single barrel gun, 50 live rounds of 12 Bore, four mortar shells, and some electric wirings in the area adjacent to Sangaithel and Longa Koireng villages in the Imphal West district.

The team in the follow-up actions also recovered one arm, two local-made pumpi guns, fifty ammunition, and eight explosives in the fringe and vulnerable areas of Imphal West, Kangpokpi, Thoubal, Bishnupur, Kangpokpi, and Churachandpur districts.

In another search operation, one 9mm Carbine  Machine Gun, one Single Barrel Rifle, three Hand Grenades, and war-like stores were recovered from the foothills of Haokhong near Irong village in Manipur’s Thoubal district. The recovered items have been handed over to the concerned police stations and cases have been registered with an investigation underway, the police added.

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