Aizwal/Guwahati: In a major arms haul, Mizoram Police and Assam Rifles seized 31 AK-47 assault rifles, one Singapore-made LMG and 1 US-made Browning Automatic Rifle, 809 rounds of ammunition and 32 magazines from a farmhouse near Lengpui Airport in Mizoram.
Mizoram Police's SP of CID (Crime), Joseph Lalchhuana, said acting on a tip off, they seized 23 AK-47 rifles, 1 LMG and 1 Browning rifle on Thursday. He added that another seizure was made on Friday after interrogation of the three arrested persons, suspected to be members of a militant outfit in Bangladesh. Lalchhuana added that 8 AK-47 assault rifles and 809 rounds of ammunition were seized in the second raid which was conducted at a place which is near the first spot of seizure.
09/03/13 Times of India
