"This is a major success on the part of Assam Rifles to thwart nefarious plans of underground groups," a statement added. IMPHAL: Assam Rifles personnel on Monday seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition, including a light machine gun, during a counter insurgency operation in Ukhrul district of Manipur A joint team of the paramilitary force's 6 and 29 battalions and Imphal East police commandos recovered the weapons and other warlike stores hidden in the Kassom area, said an Assam Rifles statement.The weapons belonging to a suspected underground group included one 7.62mm LMG with 40 bullets, one lathod gun with two shells , a country made rifle, four .22 pistols with 18 bullets and one .32 revolver, it said.The recovered items were handed over to Lamlai Police.
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