CHURACHANDPUR, Oct 27: Security personnel seized two rifles, 240 rounds of ammunition and approximately 1.027 kg of suspected brown sugar during an intelligence-based operation in Manipur’s Churachandpur district on October 26. One person was arrested in connection with the seizure.
The joint operation was carried out at Kingkin village near M Songgel by Churachandpur District Police, the 129 Battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the 5th Battalion of Assam Rifles.
During the operation, the team intercepted a suspicious white Bolero vehicle and recovered a foreign-made AK-series rifle, a foreign-made MA1 rifle, 240 rounds of assorted ammunition and two transparent plastic packets containing the suspected narcotic substance.
The arrested person was identified as 23-year-old Letkhothang Khongsai, a resident of D Lhangjol village.
During preliminary questioning, Khongsai reportedly disclosed that he was a cadre of the Kuki National Front (Military Council), or KNF (MC), which is covered under the Suspension of Operations (SoO) agreement.
Security personnel also seized the vehicle along with the arms, ammunition and suspected contraband.
