Imphal, Sept. 12 -- The security forces recovered arms, ammunition, and explosives during their continued search and area domination operations across Manipur over the past 24 hours, officials said.

The security forces also arrested three persons in total. The overall law-and-order situation in the state remained normal.

On September 11, security personnel recovered a cache of arms and ammunition from the foothill areas of Sonapur and Jairolpokpi village in Jiribam district.

The seized items included one modified SBBL gun, three country-made muzzle-loading SBBL guns, one .22 pistol, one country-made .22 DBBL shotgun, eight 12-bore cartridges, 56 vials and three small bottles of gunpowder, 240 pieces of lead, and one gunpowder-filling i...