Imphal, May 13 -- Central and State forces in a joint operation using metal detectors seized a cache of arms, explosives, a locally made rocket launcher, and ammunition from a location in Churachandpur district of Manipur on Monday, officials said.

Upon receiving anintelligence input from their sources, the joint team, using metal detectors and a sniffer dog, launched a flash operation at the vulnerable G. Khomunuam village under the Churachandpur district police station in the wee hours on Monday.

The joint team recovered warlike stores of weapons from a transit camp abandoned by the militants suspected to be the Kuki-Zo community.

The operation that lasted around 3 hours successfully yielded the recovery of the following items. It in...