328 Guns, Grenades: Manipur Security Forces Recover Arms, War-Like Stores in Raids Across 5 Districts
- Security forces recovered 328 weapons and 8,665 assorted ammunition in Manipur during operations on June 13 and 14, 2025, marking the biggest single-day recovery, according to officials.
- The recovery involved a combined team of Manipur Police, Central Armed Police Forces, Army, and Assam Rifles, based on specific intelligence reports.
- Over 5,000 weapons and more than 60,000 ammunition have been recovered in total since ethnic violence began in Manipur on May 3, 2023, according to a police officer.
- The public is urged to report illegal weapons, and the state has encouraged the voluntary surrender of looted weapons, assuring no punitive action, as per state government announcements.
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In Manipur, security forces find 328 arms in ‘biggest single-day recovery’
Security officials have called it the 'biggest single-day recovery' as part of the police department’s ongoing operations launched to recover the stolen weapons and ammunition from the armouries of state forces.
Large cache of arms and ammunition, including 300 rifles, found in 5 Manipur districts
The Additional Director General of Police Lhari Dorjee Lhatoo said that the police and Army teams swiftly acted on intelligence inputs about the presence of arms and ammunition hidden in different areas.
Massive arms recovery in Manipur: Over 300 rifles among other ammunition cache seized
In a major breakthrough, security forces recovered a large stockpile of arms and ammunition from the five districts of the Imphal valley in Manipur during a joint operation conducted in the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, officials said. The massive cache was the result of a coordinated intelligence-based operation by teams from the Manipur Police, Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), and the Army. Acting on specific intelligence input…
328 guns, grenades: Manipur security forces recover arms, war-like stores in raids across 5 districts
The Manipur Police said that the intelligence-led raids were conducted on the intervening night of June 13-14 in the outskirts of five valley districts — Imphal East, Imphal West, Bishnupur, Kakching and Thoubal.
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