Imphal, Jan. 8 -- Security forces in Manipur continued their extensive search, combing and area domination operations across vulnerable and fringe areas of the state on Thursday, while the overall law and order situation in the state remained normal in the last 24 hours.

According to an official statement from the Manipur Police, security forces recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition during an operation on January 8 in the Songjang (Pakang) area under Kangpokpi Police Station in Kangpokpi district.

The seized items included three local made pumpi guns, one Excalibur rifle with a magazine, one .303 rifle with magazine, two local made .22 pistols with magazines, five 5.56 mm live rounds ammunition, five empty cartridges of 12 bore...