India, June 25 -- Manipur Police on Tuesday busted an inter-state organised gang involved in illegal arms trade and arrested four people. The arrests are part of operations across the state aimed at neutralising criminal and insurgent networks operating in Manipur, officials said on Wednesday.

"On June 24, we successfully cracked down on an inter-state organised gang involved in illegal arms trade. The gang had been operating clandestinely in the Greater Imphal area, smuggling unauthorized arms across different states. We have taken into custody four individuals involved in this network, including a known cadre of the United National Liberation Front (P) [UNLF (P)] faction", a senior police officer said.

According to police, the arreste...