Based on specific inputs about the presence of an armed cadre in Tamenglong district's Nonei III area, troops of Red Shield Division cordoned the suspected house and apprehended the cadre yesterday, a defence release said.
The self-styled 'sergeant' of NSCN (K) was identified as 23-year-old Gairiupou Gonmei.
A 9 mm pistol, one magazine, four live rounds, eight rounds of M-16 and one mobile phone was seized from him, it said.
Gonmei was later handed over to the local police.