IMPHAL, Feb 26: Manipur police busted an illegal arms hideout and claimed to have recovered huge quantity of arms and ammunition besides arresting one arm smuggler.
A release from Superintendent of Police, Imphal East District Police said under his supervision illegal arm dealer Kshetrimayum Umakanta aged 44, son of late Ksh Ibochouba, resident of Singjamei Bheigyapati Leikai, was apprehended by a team of commando personnel on February 24 around 7:45 am.
The arms and ammunition were unearthed in a two-wheeler workshop at Bheigyapati Leikai opposite Mata Cinema Hall.
The seized items are one country- made single barrel, two pistols, one air pistol and one white colour plastic bottle containing 33 rounds and another white colour plastic bottle filling with gunpowder and four empty cases.
An FIR case has been registered against the arm smuggler and started investigation into the incident, the police officer added.
In an unrelated incident, a combined team of Imphal East District Police Commandos and 30 Assam Rifles arrested three hardcore members of the banned KCP-MTF yesterday, the release further said.
The trio has been identified as Ningthoujam Gogonbihari aged 25, son of late N Toicha, a resident of Wangkhei Lourembam Leikai, Leimapokpam Boby alias Sana aged 35, son of L Achouba from Thambal Lisham Leirak and Lisham Abung alias Sanatomba aged 21, son of L Thoibi of Thambalkhong Lisham Leirak.
The combined security team nabbed them from Wangkhei Ayangpalli area during a search operation, it said, adding they were working under the command of one Singajit of Kangleipak Communist Party faction of KCP-MTF.
One demand letter and two mobile handsets were recovered from them.
It added that they were involved in several extortion and arm hauling cases.
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