Imphal, March 15 -- Manipur police in collaboration with central security forces on Friday detected and destroyed two Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) that the insurgents planted at a ridge along the Manipur-Myanmar border in Churachandpur district, officials said.

In the thorough operation, security forces recovered a cache of arms, ammunition, explosives, and warlike stores of weapons, the border guarding forces said.

Upon intelligence input from across the Myanmar border that some tribal insurgents were reportedly loitering along the border to make their presence felt, the joint team of the Indian security forces was on high alert.

The team conducted a surprise search operation at the long and narrow hilltop of Dampi in the Chura...