In a continued effort to maintain peace and prevent the escalation of violence in sensitive areas, security forces carried out extensive search and area domination operations across the fringe and vulnerable zones of hill and valley districts. During one such operation conducted at Wabagai Thingel Leikai under Hiyanglam Police Station in Kakching District, a significant cache of arms and ammunition was recovered.
The recovered items included two 5.56 mm INSAS rifles with magazines, four .303 sniper rifles with magazines, two SLR rifles with magazines, and one anti-riot gun. Additionally, 18 rounds of .303 live ammunition, 27 rounds of 7.62 mm live ammunition, and 20 rounds of 5.56×30 mm live ammunition were seized. Security forces also found three vehicle tyre rubber tubes, which are suspected to have been used for transportation or concealment purposes.
