Huge cache of arms and ammunition recovered from Panbari Reserve Forest in Chirang

Chirang: Huge cache of arms and ammunition recovered in the general area of Gabrukhunda inside Panbari Reserve Forest, 18 KM north from Panbari PS in Chirang District in the wee hours of Tuesday.

Based on specific source information, a joint operation has been conducted from 5.00 pm of 23.09.2019 onwards by Chirang Police led by SDPO, Bijni along with 5th Garhwal Rifles of Indian Army and 54 Bn SSB. From 5.30 AM today (24/09/2019) onwards, rigorous search has been carried out. Based on the lead given by source & Army tracker dog, digging was done at multiple places. During digging, at one place, 8 (eight) packets containing some suspected items packed in plastic material have been recovered.

After unpacking in presence of independent witnesses, the following items have been recovered: 1) Factory made rifle : 09 2) Country made rifle : 11 3) 7.62 AK series ammunition : 56 4) 5.56 ammunition : 10 5) 7.62 sniper ammunition : 21 6) 7.62 Pika ammunition : 10 7) 7.62 CTN : 29 8) 333 Nitro : 01 9) M 20 ammunition : 01 10) Country made ammunition : 05 11) Empty cartridges : 83 12) 12 bore empty cartridges : 15 13) 7.62 Pistol magazine : 03 14) .22 Pistol magazine : 01 15) Explosives (PEK) : 17 KG 16) HYT hand held Radio Set (made in China) with additional battery: 02 17) 12 Volt battery : 01 18) Wire : 93 feet 19) Suspected Lead/Iron balls : 10 nos 20) Extra barrel : 01