India, Jan. 27 -- Central security forces, in coordination with civil police, recovered a significant cache of firearms and explosives during anti-insurgency operations in Imphal West and Thoubal districts over the past 48 hours, the police reported on Tuesday.

The first phase of the operation took place in the vulnerable areas of the Iroisemba Ching hill range under Lamphel police station in Imphal West. Security personnel retrieved a range of warlike materials, including an improvised explosive device (IED) weighing approximately 3.5 kilograms, a WT handset with charger, five hand-grenades, three carbine magazines, 102 rounds of ammunition of different calibers, two empty 303 cases, eleven live Lathode shells, three live tear smoke she...