Imphal, Oct. 9 -- In a series of coordinated operations, security forces arrested a cross-border drug smuggler and two active members of proscribed militant organisations from different parts of Manipur yesterday.

In the first operation, troops apprehended a 67-year-old cross-border drug smuggler, identified as Zamkhampau of Bualkot village in Churachandpur district.

He was caught in a forested area near Bualkot under Behiang Police Station. Security personnel recovered 100 soap cases containing heroin powder weighing approximately 1.2 kilograms from his possession.

In a separate operation, a self-styled "Major" of a banned insurgent outfit was arrested.

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