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To maintain peace and security, security forces executed search operations in the fringe and vulnerable areas of hill and valley districts. The operation yielded significant results with the recovery of a cache of weapons and illicit substances.
During the search operations conducted on March 25, 2024, in Maphou Bazaar and Maphou Kuki Village under Thoubal Dam-PS, Imphal East District, security forces unearthed a substantial arsenal. Among the items seized were:
- 1 improvised mortar, towering at 6 feet
- 2 bipod/mount units
- 1 base plate
- 32 live rounds of country-made launcher bombs
- 5 ammunition round caps for country-made launchers
- 1 explosive weighing approximately 1.5kg
- 1.5 meters of Cordtex wire
- 2 lighters
- Suspected heroin weighing approximately 20 grams
- 2 36 hand grenades
- 1 Pompie mortar
- 60 fired cases
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