Chumoukedima, Nagaland, April 30 (HBTV): The Assam Rifles on Monday recovered a huge quantity of arms, ammunition, and communication devices from near the Indo-Myanmar border in Mon district of Nagaland.        

According to the Defence public relations officer, the security forces launched a search operation during the early morning hours. One person was apprehended and a considerable cache of arms and ammunition were recovered, the updates said.  

The identity of the apprehended person was not made available to the media at press time.    

The seized items included 11 mortar tubes (81mm), four Tubes (106mm), 10 pistols, 198 hand-held radio sets, a satellite phone, a bike, and a Mahindra Bolero. The PRO said the recovery of the items close to the border area is a major success for the border-sealing operations being undertaken by the Assam Rifles.      

The operation is also a major blow to the designs of anti-state elements trying to disturb the peace in the region.   

'The recovery of military grade weapons and nearly 200 hand-held radio sets indicate the ill intentions and extent of damage that could have been caused by these weapons,' the updates said.  

The updates said the apprehended individual and the recovered items had been handed over to the Nagaland Police.