Security forces Wednesday seized a large cache of arms and ammunition during intensified search operations. The seizure was made from a jungle area located between Maohing and Changoubung villages in Kangpokpi district, the police said. A statement issued by the Manipur police department said the troops discovered one M16 rifle with a magazine and 10 rounds, a looted .303 rifle with two magazines, a CMG with its magazine and two rounds, a 7.62 mm LMG barrel, a grenade launcher with two rounds, three pistols including a US-made pistol with three magazines, a .22 rifle with its magazine and 40 rounds, six bolt action rifles, two single barrel rifles and 12 rounds of 12 mm ammunition. The security forces also reportedly found three improvised projectile launchers (commonly called pumpis), two hand grenades, four Baofang radio sets, and three bulletproof jackets. In a separate operation at Kotzim village under New Keithelmanbi police station in Kangpokpi district, security forces seized a 9 mm carbine with its magazine, a single-barrelled rifle, three pull mechanism rifles, three improvised mortars, and two hand grenades. In another operation conducted at Khongnangpokpi area under Sekmai police station in Imphal West, one pumpi gun, a country-made rifle, a hand grenade, a radio handset, and a charger were seized.
