By Our Reporter
Shillong: The State police will seek custody of the six persons including four GNLA cadres who were arrested by the Assam Police along with a huge consignment of arms and ammunition from Gorchuk area of Guwahati on Saturday night. “We will seek the custody of the arrested persons after the Assam police complete all its formalities including interrogation”, Director General of Police N Ramachandran said on Sunday.
Four GNLA members include one Pintu Marak, who is interestingly the brother-in-law of GNLA C-in-C Sohan D Shira .
The consignment of arms and ammunition included one AK 74 assault rifle, one Berretta .32 pistol, 25 shells, 400 rounds of AK 74 ammunition, 500 rounds of 9 mm pistol ammunition, 20 rounds of ammunition of .32 Berretta pistol.
The consignment was brought in a Maruti Zen by a Kuki supplier called Kongam Hongkhal and the car was driven by one Ritesh Basumatary.
Police informed that the arms and ammunition were procured from Myanmar and was being taken to Garo hills through Nagaland and Assam. The police stumbled upon the consignment during a routine checking along the National Highway 37 at Gorchuk area.