Meghalaya: Security forces arrest illegal arms trader
According to the reports, the North Garo Hills police of Meghalaya and Gorkha Rifles troops launched a joint operation at Thapa Daregnchi village under Resubelpara police station in the hill district on Thursday morning and arrested an arms trader identified as Tengman D Shira.
Security personnel recovered one 7.65mm pistol with three rounds of ammunition, a 9mm pistol with eight rounds of ammunition, one Chinese-made pistol with 18 rounds of ammunition and four magazines.
North Garo Hills district police said that a case has been registered against Shira and revealed that he tried to supply the arms and ammunition to Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) militants.
A top police official said that the north eastern region has turned into a major transit route for illegal arms trade.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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