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Imphal: Troops of Assam Rifles in Manipur’s Churachandpur district apprehended three persons after arms and ammunition were recovered from their possessions on Friday, a police source said on Saturday.
The troops of 27 Assam Rifles arrested the three persons from Bethel village of Churachandpur district last night, 11.30 pm along with one Insas Rifle, one 9mm country-made pistol, 10 live rounds of 5.56 mm of Insas rifle, one magazine of Insas rifle and one magazine of 9 mm country-made pistol.
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Two walkie-talkie sets and a cash amount of Rs 50,000 were also seized along with a Maruti Baleno car they came with, the police also said.
The police identified the apprehended persons as Moun Vaiphei, Khaikholen and Tongkai Baite.
The three arrested persons along with the seized items were handed over to Churachandpur police station and a case has been registered against them for further legal action, the police added.
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