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A associated squad of the Manipur Police, the Assam Rifles, and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has seized 67 weapons, including looted constabulary weapons, and arrested 4 cadres of the United National Liberation Front-Pambei (UNLF-P), the oldest valley-based equipped radical of Manipur, from the Lamshang country successful Imphal West for the alleged crime.
The Pambei faction of the UNLF signed a bid statement with the Centre and the State authorities connected November 29, 2023.
The cadres were successful the process of selling the looted constabulary weapons erstwhile they were apprehended by the police. Police posed arsenic decoy customers to bust the crime. The recoveries were made aft a little speech of occurrence betwixt the cadres and the information forces.
According to the bid agreement, the cadres are mandated to enactment wrong the designated camp, and surrender weapons earlier the police.
Other than the weapons, the information forces person besides seized a precocious prime “drone jammer” from the UNLF(P) cadres, recoveries by the Manipur Police show. A constabulary root said the “Made successful Taiwan anti-drone jammer” whitethorn person been procured from Myanmar.
Over 6,000 constabulary weapons and lakhs of rounds of ammunition were looted erstwhile taste unit betwixt the Kuki-Zo and the Meitei radical erupted successful the State connected May 3, 2023. Over 4,500 constabulary weapons person been recovered truthful far.
Based connected credible accusation regarding the selling of looted arms and ammunition successful the Lamshang area, Manipur Police launched a peculiar cognition connected May 20, the constabulary said successful a statement.
“During the operation, 2 progressive cadres of UNLF (P)- Heishnam Thomas Singh (29) of Mayang Imphal Kokchai and (ii) Arambam Tomtom Singh (29) of Lamshang Heibongpokpi Mayai Leikai, were apprehended on with 1 INSAS LMG, 3 INSAS LMG magazines and fourteen unrecorded rounds,” the connection by the constabulary said.
“The weapons are suspected to beryllium stolen, and it’s being verified wherever they were stolen from. While the apprehension process was going on, associates of the cadres opened occurrence astatine the information forces, resulting successful a little speech of fire,” Shivanand Surve, Superintendent of Police (SP), Imphal East, said.
“Further, 2 much cadres who were progressive successful firing upon the information forces, namely, Ningthoujam Rakesh Singh and Chingakham Mahesh Singh, were apprehended. On preliminary interrogation of the arrested cadres, they disclosed that they had travel to merchantability the seized limb connected the acquisition of self-styled Lance Corporal Naorem Bijoy @ Macha of UNLF(P),” the serviceman said.
The arrested cadres person admitted to engagement successful an earlier merchantability of looted arms and ammunition.
Subsequently, based connected a follow-up operation, associated information forces from the Manipur Police, the Assam Rifles and the CRPF conducted a cordon and hunt cognition astatine an unauthorised UNLF(P) campy located astatine Lamdeng, successful which information forces recovered and secured a ample cache of arms and war-like stores consisting of 29 weapons, including AK bid rifles, M-series rifles, pistols, and different firearms.
On Thursday (May 21, 2026), the associated information forces recovered 38 further weapons and dense stores comprising AK bid rifles, M-series rifles, sniper rifle, carbine, shotguns, mortars, RPG-7 launcher, anti-drone jammer, and a immense cache of explosives, including grenades, the constabulary said.
“The nationalist is requested to instantly study immoderate accusation regarding looted oregon illegally possessed weapons to the nearest constabulary station. Your practice is captious successful maintaining peace, information and information successful the community. Together, we tin assistance guarantee a safer situation for everyone,” the SP said.
