Imphal: In a major breakthrough, Manipur Police has apprehended four members of an inter-state gang of arms dealers and seized arms and ammunition from their possession.
Police cracked down on an inter-state organised gang of arms smugglers and middlemen who were smuggling unauthorised arms across different states, operating clandestinely in the greater Imphal area, and arrested four persons, including a member of UNLF (Pambei), on Tuesday, an officer said on Wednesday.
Police seized two 9 mm Smith & Wesson pistols, one 9 mm Sig Sauer pistol, one Glock 19 pistol with 2 magazines, one 7.65 mm JD Taurus pistol with magazine, one Falcon Cal 7.62 mm along with magazine.
Additionally, one M-20 Falcon pistol, one Keltec pistol .32 mm with 2 magazines, one Beretta pistol, one Glock pistol .32, 159 number of .32 mm live ammunition and four wireless sets were seized from their possession.
On Tuesday( June 24), in a separate operation, the police arrested three active cadres of UNLF(Pambei) from Babupara in Imphal West district.
Police said that they were involved in extortion and threatening government employees to gain contract work.
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Two 9 mm pistols along with magazines, one .32 pistol along with a magazine, and ammunition were seized from their possession.
Security forces also arrested one active cadre of UNLF (Ningolmacha) involved in extortion in Thoubal district.
