Guwahati: Assam Rifles apprehended a Myanmar national and seized arms, ammunition and explosives near the Indo-Myanmar border in Manipur on Saturday.The operation was conducted near Border Pillar No. 75 following intelligence inputs about the movement of armed individuals across the border, Manipur Police said in a post on ‘X’.The apprehended man was identified as Soetunou (48), son of Usoe and a resident of Tamu in Myanmar.According to the police, three individuals were carrying arms and ammunition across the international border. While Assam Rifles apprehended one of them, the other two escaped towards Myanmar.The security personnel seized three AK-47 rifles, three magazines, 172 rounds of ammunition of different calibres, three grenades, two telescopic sights and an ammunition box.The seized explosives included a Chinese grenade, a 40mm HE rifle grenade and an M-46 Lathode grenade.
