India, July 15 -- Security forces have recovered 86 weapons and 974 rounds of ammunition, along with other warlike stores, during an operation across five valley districts of Manipur on Tuesday.

Inspector General of Police (Zone II), K Kabib, said a joint team of security forces carried out a series of coordinated operations across the districts in the early hours of Monday based on specific intelligence inputs regarding a large stockpile of illegal arms and warlike materials.

The operations were launched simultaneously in Imphal East, Imphal West, Thoubal, Kakching, and Bishnupur districts. Personnel from the Manipur Police, Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), the Army, and the Assam Rifles targeted several peripheral and high-risk ar...