Imphal, March 31 -- A bomb expert team from the Indian para-military forces and Manipur police found and safely neutralized Mine bombs in situ at a hotspot located along the Indo-Myanmar border in Manipur's Tengnoupal district on Sunday.

Official reports said on Monday that after getting a report from the general public that powerful bombs were lying in situ, a joint team of the bomb detection and disposal squad of the Assam Rifles and Manipur Police launched the intelligence-based operation at around 2 pm.

During search operations using metal detectors and a sniffer dog, authorities discovered five Metal Improvised Electronic Devices (IEDs), one IED, and 5 kgs of Plastic IEDs, fitted with cortex and detonators, in a pit in the Molnom-S...