Imphal, Oct 6 (PTI) Security forces arrested a 23-year-old man for allegedly being involved in the sale of illegal arms in Manipur’s Imphal East district, police said on Tuesday.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of security personnel conducted an operation at Thambalnu market on Monday and apprehended the suspect, a police statement said.
“He is involved in procurement and sale of illegal arms, ammunition and explosives. An investigation revealed that he had, in July, supplied a hand grenade via two women to a person for Rs 10,000,” it said.
The accused was being handed over to the Andro Police Station for necessary legal action.
In a separate operation at Kukimun village in Churachandpur district on Monday, security forces seized a cache of arms and explosives.
“Two 9 mm carbine machine guns, three 9 mm pistols, seven single-barrel bolt-action rifles, one hand grenade, one mortar bomb and two improvised mortars were recovered,” the police statement said.
The seized arms and ammunition were handed over to the Henglep Police Station in the district, it said.
Security forces have been conducting search operations and area domination exercises in the fringe and vulnerable localities across all districts of Manipur since ethnic violence broke out three years ago.
The ethnic conflict that erupted in May 2023 between the valley-based Meitei and the hill-based Kuki communities has claimed at least 306 lives, with 49 individuals remaining missing and thousands left homeless. PTI CORR BDC BDC
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