Five NDFB (S) men were apprehended along with weapons by a joint team of Army and Assam Police at Janata Bazar in the state's Chirang district today, Defence sources said today.
Acting on a tip off that National Democratic Front of Bodoland (S) over-ground workers (OGW) were planning to carry out extortion and kidnapping activities in the area, troops of Army's Red Horn Division and Police launched an operation late last night, they said.
The five were nabbed with three country-made rifles and one hand grenade.
