Agartala, Mar 08, 2013 : In the biggest ever arms haul in the North East region, Assam Rifles and Mizoram Police recovered as many as 31 AK series rifles, one LMG and one Insas along with about 1000 ammunitions from Aizwal on Friday.
The information about the weapons cache was given by Tripura police to the AR and Mizoram Police.
"Three persons were arrested and they confessed that the arms were being smuggled to Bangladesh", said a senior Tripura police official here. Among the arrested two belong to Chakma community and one Tripuri.
It is not yet clear from where the arms came but, it is suspected that the consignments did come from Myanmar.
The AR and Mizoram Police acting on Tripura police supplied information raided a place called 4 miles in between Aizwal city and Airport on New Airport road. The arms were packed in boxes and were kept hidden behind a house.
"The arrested persons are prima facie couriers and they were waiting for right moment to smuggle the weapons out to Bangladesh", the official said.
Recovery of so many weapons meant for Bangladesh when the country is facing a volatile and violent time assumes sugnificance. Intelligence services are now interrogating the three arrested and some arrests are likely.
The information about the weapons cache was given by Tripura police to the AR and Mizoram Police.
"Three persons were arrested and they confessed that the arms were being smuggled to Bangladesh", said a senior Tripura police official here. Among the arrested two belong to Chakma community and one Tripuri.
It is not yet clear from where the arms came but, it is suspected that the consignments did come from Myanmar.
The AR and Mizoram Police acting on Tripura police supplied information raided a place called 4 miles in between Aizwal city and Airport on New Airport road. The arms were packed in boxes and were kept hidden behind a house.
"The arrested persons are prima facie couriers and they were waiting for right moment to smuggle the weapons out to Bangladesh", the official said.
Recovery of so many weapons meant for Bangladesh when the country is facing a volatile and violent time assumes sugnificance. Intelligence services are now interrogating the three arrested and some arrests are likely.
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