Huge quantities of arms, ammunition recovered in Assam

Guwahati: Huge quantities of arms and ammunition were recovered during a search operation by the security forces in Assam's Goalpara district on Tuesday.

Acting on intelligence inputs about the presence of ULFA and GNLA militants, a joint team of the army and police launched the search operation at Gosaigadhowa area of the district this morning, a defence spokesman said.

Security personnel searched a house where they suspected the militants to be hiding and recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition.

The recovered items included two hand grenades, a Chinese grenade, a gelatin stick, a TNT slab, three 7.65 mm pistol and medicines, the spokesman said.