The Meghalaya police today seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition, besides other explosives items from a depot of the outlawed Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) in the East Garo Hills district.
The seizure was made following a lead from the arrested cadre Enison Ch Momin, who had earlier led the police to a school building wherein IEDs were planted, IG (Operations) G H P Raju said.
Four HE mortars, 89 US carbine ammunition, two empty SBBL shells, 70 non-electric detonators, 290 electric detonators, seals and demand notes, 14 wireless sets, batteries, chargers, GNLA uniforms, 500 gm Gelatin and incriminating documents were seized from the depot at a forest near Adogre village, he said.
Two days ago, the police had successfully diffused several IEDs hidden at a school premises averting a major explosion.
