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Time of India
5 days ago
- Time of India
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Massive Arms Haul in Manipur: 328 Weapons Recovered in Night Raids Across Imphal Valley In a major breakthrough, Manipur Police and security forces recovered a staggering 328 illegal weapons during coordinated intelligence-based operations across five districts of the Imphal Valley on the night of June 13 and 14. The seized arsenal includes 151 SLRs, 65 INSAS rifles, AK series rifles, MP5s, mortars, and hundreds of rounds of ammunition. This operation, led by joint teams of the Manipur Police, Army, Assam Rifles, and CAPF, is seen as a decisive move towards restoring peace and order in the violence-hit state. Over 4,000 weapons had been looted during the ethnic clashes, raising concerns over lawlessness. While it's unclear if the recovered arms are among the stolen ones, officials affirm that such operations will continue. The police have urged public cooperation in reporting illegal arms. Will this be the turning point for Manipur's return to normalcy?#ManipurArmsHaul #ManipurCrisis #ImphalValley #IndianArmy #AssamRifles #SecurityForces #GunRecovery #EthnicConflict #RestorePeace #ManipurPolice #toi #toibharat #bharat #breakingnews #indianews 31.7K views | 1 day ago
Time of India
5 days ago
- Time of India
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Massive Arms Haul in Manipur: 328 Weapons Recovered in Night Raids Across Imphal Valley In a major breakthrough, Manipur Police and security forces recovered a staggering 328 illegal weapons during coordinated intelligence-based operations across five districts of the Imphal Valley on the night of June 13 and 14. The seized arsenal includes 151 SLRs, 65 INSAS rifles, AK series rifles, MP5s, mortars, and hundreds of rounds of ammunition. This operation, led by joint teams of the Manipur Police, Army, Assam Rifles, and CAPF, is seen as a decisive move towards restoring peace and order in the violence-hit state. Over 4,000 weapons had been looted during the ethnic clashes, raising concerns over lawlessness. While it's unclear if the recovered arms are among the stolen ones, officials affirm that such operations will continue. The police have urged public cooperation in reporting illegal arms. Will this be the turning point for Manipur's return to normalcy?#ManipurArmsHaul #ManipurCrisis #ImphalValley #IndianArmy #AssamRifles #SecurityForces #GunRecovery #EthnicConflict #RestorePeace #ManipurPolice #toi #toibharat #bharat #breakingnews #indianews 31.7K views | 1 day ago
Time of India
6 days ago
- Time of India
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Massive Arms Haul in Manipur: 328 Weapons Recovered in Night Raids Across Imphal Valley In a major breakthrough, Manipur Police and security forces recovered a staggering 328 illegal weapons during coordinated intelligence-based operations across five districts of the Imphal Valley on the night of June 13 and 14. The seized arsenal includes 151 SLRs, 65 INSAS rifles, AK series rifles, MP5s, mortars, and hundreds of rounds of ammunition. This operation, led by joint teams of the Manipur Police, Army, Assam Rifles, and CAPF, is seen as a decisive move towards restoring peace and order in the violence-hit state. Over 4,000 weapons had been looted during the ethnic clashes, raising concerns over lawlessness. While it's unclear if the recovered arms are among the stolen ones, officials affirm that such operations will continue. The police have urged public cooperation in reporting illegal arms. Will this be the turning point for Manipur's return to normalcy?#ManipurArmsHaul #ManipurCrisis #ImphalValley #IndianArmy #AssamRifles #SecurityForces #GunRecovery #EthnicConflict #RestorePeace #ManipurPolice #toi #toibharat #bharat #breakingnews #indianews 14.0K views | 1 day ago
Time of India
7 days ago
- Time of India
Over 300 arms & huge cache of ammo seized in Manipur
1 2 Imphal: Manipur Police and security forces recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition from five valley districts during a series of coordinated search operations launched late Friday night. The operation led to the recovery of a substantial number of firearms, totalling 328, including SLRs, INSAS rifles, carbines, MP5 guns, LMGs, AK-series rifles, Amogh rifles and pistols, among others. These intelligence-based operations mark a significant achievement for Manipur Police and the security forces in their continued efforts to restore normalcy, maintain public order and ensure the safety and security of citizens and their properties. According to the police, joint teams comprising Manipur Police, Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), and personnel from the Indian Army and Assam Rifles conducted simultaneous raids across multiple locations on the outskirts of five valley districts, acting on specific intelligence inputs. Briefing mediapersons, ADGP of Manipur Police said the search operations were launched on Friday night in the outskirts of five valley districts by joint teams of Manipur Police, CAPF, Army and Assam Rifles. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Cervecería Nacional CFD: Calcula cuánto podrías ganar invirtiendo solo $100 Empieza a invertir Inscríbete ahora Undo Explosives, 151 SLR rifles, 65 Insar rifles, 73 rifles of other kinds, 5 carbine guns, 2 MP-5 guns and other warlike stores were recovered by the teams. A mortar, flare guns and an AR-15 were also seized. Along with the firearms, security forces also recovered a large quantity of assorted magazines and live ammunition of various calibres, including SLR, INSAS, AK, and .303 rounds. Explosives, including grenades, detonators and lathodes, were also part of the seizure. This operation marks one of the largest recoveries in recent times and provide a boost to the state's ongoing efforts to restore peace and normalcy amid persistent unrest. Senior police officials confirmed that the operations were conducted in a highly coordinated manner, with all security stakeholders working in close synergy. Manipur Police, while reiterating their commitment to maintaining public order and ensuring the safety of all citizens, urged the public to remain vigilant and to cooperate by reporting any suspicious activities or information related to illegal arms to the nearest police station or the Central Control Room. Officials said such intelligence-based actions will continue in a focused and sustained manner until peace is fully restored in the state. Follow more information on Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad here . Get real-time live updates on rescue operations and check full list of passengers onboard AI 171 .
NDTV
14-06-2025
- NDTV
328 Arms, 9,300 Rounds Of Ammunition Recovered In Manipur By Joint Forces
Imphal: In a major development, the security forces in joint operations, have recovered 328 arms and around 9,300 different types of ammunition in restive Manipur, officials said here on Saturday. A senior police official said that in the early hours of Saturday, on the basis of specific Intelligence reports regarding the presence of a large cache of arms and ammunition stashed in different areas of five Imphal valley districts, simultaneous search operations were launched at different locations. He said that joint teams of Manipur Police, Army, Assam Rifles, Border Security Force (BSF), the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) recovered the significant number of arms and a huge cache of ammunition and war-like stores from the outskirts of five valley districts of Imphal West, Imphal East, Thoubal, Bishnupur, and Kakching. Of the 328 arms recovered, 151 are Self-Loading Rifles (SLRs), followed by 73 rifles, 65 INSAS rifles, 12 Light Machine Guns (LMGs), six AK series rifles, five carbines, six pistols and many other different types of arms. The joint forces also recovered around 9,300 various types of ammunition in the most successful operations, the official said. A Manipur Police statement said that these Intelligence-based operations mark a major achievement for the Manipur Police, the security forces, in their continued efforts to restore normalcy, maintain public order, and ensure the safety and security of citizens and their property. The Manipur Police reiterates its commitment to a peaceful and secure Manipur, the statement said. It said that the public is urged to cooperate with the police and security forces and report any suspicious activities or information related to illegal weapons to the nearest police station or Central Control Room. "Senior police officials are in close coordination with all security stakeholders to ensure that such operations continue in a sustained and focussed manner to restore normalcy, maintain public order, and ensure the safety and security of citizens and their properties," the statement said. The recovery of 328 arms and 9,300 various types of ammunition is the first major success of the security forces in Manipur after the ethnic violence broke out in the state on May 3, 2023. Various official reports, political parties claimed that during the ethnic riots more than 6,020 varied types of sophisticated arms and lakhs of different types of ammunition were looted from the police stations and police outposts by the mobs, attackers and militants. Till March 6, around 1,000 looted and illegally-held weapons, including many sophisticated arms, and a huge cache of ammunition, have been returned to the security forces since Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla made the appeal for the first time on February 20.
