Huge cache of arms-ammunitions, explosives recovered in Meghalaya
Guwahati, May 23 (IBNS) : Meghalaya police has made another huge haul of weapons in the north eastern state on Wednesday morning.
According to reports, Meghalaya police recovered a huge cache of arms, ammunition and explosives belonging to the banned Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) in East Garo Hills district.
These were found buried in the forest area.
According to reports, based on intelligence input, a police team from East Garo Hills district launched an operation in the Dorengkigre and Bawegre areas on Wednesday morning.
East Garo Hills district Superintendent of Police (SP) R Momin said that the search teams were assisted by some villagers who helped the police to unearth some of the weapons.
“A few of the people came forward and showed some of the places where the weapons were stashed in the jungle. Some of them were retrieved from such difficult places that it would not have been possible without the positive efforts of the villagers,” the top Meghalaya cop said.
The police team had recovered one .303 LMG, two AK rifles, one H&K rifle, 4 SBML Barrels, 5 UBGL Shells, 5 AK rifle magazines, 2 rockets (RPG), one 9mm magazine , one 9 mm carbine magazine, one remote control, one signal booster, 12 numbers of IED remote circuit, 30 numbers of AK rifle bullets, 8 pistols, 2 kg of gelatine sticks, 66 numbers of electric detonators and 7 numbers of cleaning rods.
After killing of Sohan D Shira, C-in-C of Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA), Meghalaya police is now trying to crack down on the insurgent group and recovering arms, ammunition and explosives of the outfit.
On May 13 last, Meghalaya police had recovered 4 RPG rockets, one 7.62 LMG, two 7.62 LMG barrels, one .303 LMG barrels, one G3 rifle, 90 rounds of rifle ammunition, four charger clips from Bawegre village area, which were buried by the suspected GLNA militants.
On April 9, Meghalaya Police recovered 30 pistols with 44 pistol magazines, 2 AK46, 1 LMG and 2 magazines, 1 INSAS and 2 magazines, 44 SLR magazines, 1 AK magazine, 60 SLR live rounds, 7 walky talkie sets along with more items in East Garo Hills district.
Apart from these, the East Garo Hills district police recovered 2038 rounds of 7.62 AK ammunition, 60 rounds of 9mm, 1087 rounds of 7.7mm, 320 rounds of HMG ammunition, 10 numbers remote circuit for IED, two remote controls, 16 numbers charger clips and 4 ammunition boxes on April 11 last.
(Reproting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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