Army recovers arms cache in Manipur

DIMAPUR — Acting on specific intelligence about presence of arms and ammunition in general area of Songphil-Laikhong in Imphal East district, the Indian Army along with Manipur Police, launched a joint search operation on March 20 and recovered a cache of weapons.

Arms including one 5.56mm INSAS Rifle, one .303 Rifle, one 9mm pistol ammunition and other war like stores were recovered during the operation and handed over to the police for further investigation, said an update from the Ministry of Defence on Friday.