Ammunition seized in Manipur

Update: 2010-09-15 00:00 GMT

IMPHAL, Jan 17 - A combined team of police and Assam Rifles yesterday recovered a huge cache of ammunition from a forest at Sagolmang Pukhao area in Manipur�s Imphal East district.

Police said 300 rounds of M-16 rifle, 44 rounds of AK-47 rifle, two detonators and two local-made magazines were found wrapped in a big polythene bag.

It was yet to be known which group or militant outfit kept the ammunition there and for what purpose. Security forces were keeping a strict vigil in the State ahead of Republic Day. � PTI

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