Imphal, Feb. 18 -- Security forces carried out a series of operations across Manipur on Wednesday, recovering a cache of arms and ammunition, arresting two active cadres of proscribed outfits, dismantling illegal bunkers, and destroying poppy cultivation in separate districts.
In one operation, security forces recovered a large quantity of arms and war-like stores from an area along Ngairangbam Tanoukhul Road towards Longa Koireng under Patsoi Police Station in Imphal West district.
The recovered items included one double-barrelled gun, one country-made pistol with a magazine, 181 rounds of ammunition of different calibres, three magazines, two No. 36 hand grenades, one detonator, and one Baofeng wireless handset along with a charger.
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