Imphal, May 15 -- A joint team of the Indian Army, Assam Rifles, and Manipur Police recovered a cache of weapons and explosives from forested regions along the Churachandpur-Bishnupur district border on Wednesday morning.

The operation, aimed at curbing militant and anti-social elements, was carried out along the fringes of the Aigejang and Leimaram Uyok forests under the jurisdiction of the Nambol Police Station in Bishnupur district.

According to officials, the raid began in the early hours and continued for nearly three hours.During the search, security personnel dismantled a makeshift insurgent camp and seized a large stockpile of warlike materials.

The recovered items included a .303 rifle, a .303 sniper rifle, two SBBL guns, a No...