Guwahati: Army and Assam Police in a series of joint operation carried out in the last 48 hours arrested five cadres of Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) from multiple locations in West Karbi Anglong district of Assam besides recovering a huge cache of arms and ammunition , according to Defence Spokesman Lt. Col. Suneet Newton here.
Based on specific intelligence about presence of Hynnietrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) cadres, a unit of the Red Horns Division of the Army and Assam Police launched a series of operations at multiple locations in West Karbi Anglong District of Assam on 18-19 September.
The operation led to arrest of five HNLC cadres , busting of a hideout and recovery of arms and ammunition on the basis of information provided by the arrested militants that a hideout was existing in jungle near Assam-Meghalaya border, where cache of weapons, ammunition & explosives had been kept hidden.
The joint operation team searched the jungle in the morning of September 19 and busted the hideout and recovered huge cache of arms and ammunition comprising two G3 Rifles, one 303 Rifle, one 7.62 mm Pistol, one Single Barrel Gun, 10 Kg explosive, 40 detonators, 66 rounds of live ammunition and other warlike stores were recovered.
