Superintendent of Police, Ankur Jain, said the arrested miscreant, Resley Langthasa alias Konet was wanted by the police for his involvement in a number of cases of extortion, robbery and dacoity.
Acting on a tip off the operation was launched and the accused person was apprehended from a hut in Hatikhalia area.
Langthasa took the security forces to a jungle where he had kept hidden one AK series rifle, one magazine, 18 live AK ammunition and three Chinese hand grenades, police said.