Attempt to smuggle arms into India: BSF seizes 28 rifles, 7894 ammunition meant for northeast insurgent groups

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AIZAWL: In one of the biggest seizures of arms and ammunition in northeast in recent years, the Border Security Forces (BSF) arrested three arms smugglers in West Phaileng, Mizoram. The force also seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition from their possession.

The arms were found hidden in cavities in two pickup-vehicles, and included 28 AK Series rifles, 1 AK 74, one 0.30 inch Carbine, 28 magazines, 7894 ammunition and 2 khukhri.

According to the force, this was an ‘attempt by anti-national elements to smuggle arms and ammunition into Indian territory’.Read more…


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