Manipur: Arms and ammunition recovered in Noney

Ahead of the Assembly polls, security forces have recovered a huge cache of weapons and other warlike stores from Manipur’s Noney district.

Troops of Noney Battalion of Assam Rifles launched an operation based on intelligence inputs and recovered the weapons on Saturday, Assam Rifles said in a tweet.

ASSAM RIFLES RECOVER HUGE CACHE OF WEAPONS IN MANIPUR
Noney Batallion of #AssamRifles, on 15 Jan, launched an intelligence-based operation and captured a cache of weapons and other war like stores (1/2)@HMOIndia @adgpi @PIBHomeAffairs @ANI pic.twitter.com/2gcTItUw3g

— The Assam Rifles (@official_dgar) January 17, 2022

The recovered items include one 9mm pistol with magazine, 12 rounds 7.62 mm ammunition and one magazine M-16 rifle, among others.