Kohima, Jun 19 : Assam Rifles in Mon district busted an 'ad hoc transit camp' of various insurgent groups, including NSCN-K, and recovered arms, ammunition, war-like stores and huge quantity of rice on June 14, an AR release said today.
According to the release, issued by the Inspector General of Assam Rifles (North), two NSCN-K cadres, including an officer who was in charge of Chenmoho Camp under Aboi Police Station of Mon district, were apprehended during the operation.
AR seized one pistol, one 12-bore rifle, several live rounds of various calibers, explosive and many other warlike stores besides 3000 kg of rice.
The release said the interrogation of the apprehended cadres revealed that the recovered rice was actually meant for people from 'Below Poverty Line'.
The house from which the recoveries were made belonged to Yannon Konyak of Chenmoho village.
The cadres were using the house as a transit point for insurgent groups who are active in Myanmar in violation of Cease Fire Ground Rules and as a warehouse for storing the supplies.
The apprehended cadres had been handed over to Aboi police station, the release added.
In a separate release, the IGAR (N) said on 11 June, the security force confiscated one AK 56 and 60 rounds of ammunition from an NSCN cadre, identified as Langkhuh Konyak.
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