Mizoram police recovered arms comprising 17
AK
47
and
56
rifles
from
a
truck
at
Buichali
village,
30
kilometres
west
of
capital
Aizawl,
on
June
28-afternoon,
reports
Telegraph.
The
Superintendent
of
Police
of
Special
Branch
of
Aizawl
district,
K.
Rozina,
on
June
29
said
the
truck
was
on
its
way
to
Cachar
district
in
Assam from Champai
district
in
Mizoram.
The
truck
was
captured
and
its
driver
and
cleaner
were
detained
for
further
interrogation.
Sources
said
the
arms
were
purchased
at
Chiang
Mai,
an
arms
market
along
the
Thailand-Myanmar
border.
Sources
suspected
that
the
arms
were
meant
for
the
Assam-based
Black
Widow
(BW),
by
adding
that
the
outfit
is
now
using
a
large
quantity
of
cash,
collected
in
the
last
few
months
through
extortion,
to
buy
modern
weapons
from
different
places.
The
militant
group
is
currently
reported
to
be
in
Kathmandu to explore the possibility of buying
arms
from
Nepal to south Assam. “We have held back our operation
against
the
DHD
(J)
as
it
had
given
us
indications
about
further
extending
the
truce.
The
government
is
looking
into
the
nitty-gritty
of
responding
to
its
ceasefire
offer.
But
the
haul
has
forced
us
to
take
a
fresh
look
at
the
situation,”
a
source
in
the
home
department
said. |
