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Imphal: A cache of arms and explosives was recovered today as Manipur police continued search operations in the hill areas adjoining valley of the strife-torn Manipur.
The police said that the operation was conducted as a part of sanitization of the hill ranges in the periphery of the valley districts in view of the upcoming Independence Day celebration.
The recovered cache of arms and explosives included seven each of HE Grenades, Tube Launching 1A and Grenades of 90 MK 3 and one carbine without magazine.
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The police said that the cache was recovered during a search operation at the hill range in the periphery of Tingri under Sekmai police station today from 12.30 pm to 2 pm by a combined team of Imphal West police commandos and Sekmai police station.
The operation was conducted as a part of area sanitization at the hill ranges in connection with the upcoming Independence Day celebration, the police added.
The police suspected that seized arms and explosives were abandoned by the miscreants who recently launched attacks on the settlement areas in the fringe of the valley district.
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No untoward incident happened and no arrest was made during the search operation, the police further added.
Today’s recovery of an allegedly abandoned cache of arms and ammunition by the police was the third time in the last three days.
On Sunday, the police recovered another cache of arms and ammunition comprising three carbine machine guns, one double barrel gun, three magazines of carbine guns and five rounds of DBBL ammunition during a joint operation with the troops of 33 Assam Rifles near an oil pump at Keithelmanbi along NH-37.
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Earlier on Saturday, the police intercepted a cache of arms and explosives suspected to have been abandoned by miscreants during an operation in the foothills at Lamdeng of Imphal West district bordering Kangpokpi district.
The recovered cache included one of each 7.62 mm SLR Rifle (bearing body no. CN 7744), Sub-Machine Gun 9mm carbine (bearing breech block number LS 80146) and Sub-Machine Gun 9mm Carbine without body number and six each of hand grenades (HE 36), Tube Launching, ballistic rounds marked with H7.62 D and rings.
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