AIZAWL, March 20 � Mizoram police in a joint operation with Assam Rifles personnel seized seven US-made M4A1 carbines, one AK-56 assault rifle and 500 rounds of ammunition from a road between Champhai and Zote village yesterday, Police said.
Thangdeihpianga (38) of Champhai was arrested while carrying the arms concealed in a plastic sack in a two-wheeler bearing no registration number.
The accused claimed that he had an accomplice who was a Myanmarese national and the arms were brought from Myanmar through the porous border near Ngur hamlet via the border river Tiau. � PTI
