Imphal: A militant was arrested and over 1,200 cartridges and 68 lathode explosives had been seized from his possession, police stated on Monday (October 23).
The visitors police stopped a automobile on the Moirangkhom Road crossing within the Imphal West district on Saturday, nonetheless, it tried to flee. The legislation enforcers managed to cease the car.
When the automobile was searched, the person was discovered carrying 573 rounds of seven.62 mm cartridge and 294 rounds of 5.56 mm calibre. He additionally carried 40 mm lathode explosives, in response to a police official.
Man recognized as militant
The arrested man was recognized as a militant. However, the police didn’t reveal the identify of the organisation he was related with.
Both the militant and the seized gadgets had been handed over to the Imphal police station for additional authorized motion.
The growth is important because the state witnessed sporadic ethnic violence for a number of months since May this yr.
Further investigation is underway.
(With PTI inputs)
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