Thirty-three assault and automatic rifles and light machine guns being smuggled to Bangladesh from Myanmar via India by militants have been seized from near the Mizoram airport.
23 AK-47 assault rifles, a Browning automatic rifle and a light machine gun being routed from Myanmar to Bangladesh were seized near Lengpui airport near here yesterday, Superintendent of Police, CID (Crime) Joseph Lalchhuana said today.
Three militants belonged to the PCJSS faction of Shanti Bahini, a Chakma outfit active in Bangladesh, were arrested, he said.
After their interrogation, eight more AK-47 rifles, 86 rounds of AK-47 ammunition, 24 rounds of LMG ammunition and 699 rounds of ammunition for the Browning Automatic rifle were seized from a nearby place this morning, he said.
