📷 Image: Wikimedia Commons / Sinlung123
Crime
Security Forces Recover .22 Rifle, Guns and 158 Cartridges in Manipur's Kangpokpi
✍️ indiatodayne.in
🗓 14 Aug 2026, 10:12 AM
👁 16
During a search operation in Kangpokpi, Manipur, security forces seized a .22 rifle, additional firearms and 158 cartridges.
Security forces conducted a search operation in the town of Kangpokpi in Manipur, where they recovered a .22 calibre rifle, two additional firearms and 158 ammunition cartridges. The items were seized from a suspected hideout during a routine sweep aimed at curbing illegal arms possession in the region.
The operation was carried out by local police and paramilitary units, who reported that the weapons were found in a concealed compartment of a residential property. No injuries or casualties were reported during the raid.
Authorities have stated that the recovered arms will be examined for serial numbers and traced back to their source. The investigation will determine whether the weapons were linked to any ongoing criminal or insurgent activities in the area.
The incident comes amid heightened security measures in Manipur, where authorities have been intensifying efforts to prevent the proliferation of firearms among militant groups.
The operation was carried out by local police and paramilitary units, who reported that the weapons were found in a concealed compartment of a residential property. No injuries or casualties were reported during the raid.
Authorities have stated that the recovered arms will be examined for serial numbers and traced back to their source. The investigation will determine whether the weapons were linked to any ongoing criminal or insurgent activities in the area.
The incident comes amid heightened security measures in Manipur, where authorities have been intensifying efforts to prevent the proliferation of firearms among militant groups.