TENGNOUPAL, Nov 15: Assam Rifles arrested a Myanmar national near the India-Myanmar international border in Manipur's Tengnoupal district and seized three AK-47 rifles, ammunition and grenades from him.
Police identified the arrested man as 48-year-old Soitunou. He was detained near Border Pillar 75 on November 14.
The operation was launched after intelligence inputs indicated that three persons were likely to transport weapons across the international border. While Soitunou was apprehended, two others accompanying him fled towards Myanmar, a police statement said.
The seized items included three AK-47 rifles, 172 rounds of ammunition of different calibres, three grenades, two telescopic sights and an ammunition box.
Investigation into the role of the two other persons and the source of the recovered weapons was under way.
