Imphal, July 8 -- The Assam Rifles, in collaboration with the Indian Army and Manipur Police, carried out a series of intelligence-led operations across Manipur over the past week, recovering a significant cache of arms, ammunition and explosives, officials said on Wednesday.

The recovered items included one M16 assault rifle, one Type-81 assault rifle, four pistols, four Pompi (improvised mortars), five Pompi mortar bombs, four hand grenades, 22 single-bore rifles, three shotguns, eight communication sets, eight magazines, 73 rounds of 5.56 mm ammunition, 36 rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition, 10 rounds of 9 mm ammunition, and seven 12-bore cartridges. Bulletproof gear, communication equipment, and other war-like stores were also seized.

The...