Security forces arrested two National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) rebels from Longding district in Arunachal Pradesh. Police recovered arms and ammunition from their possession.

Acting on tip, Security forces of the Londing district police and the Assam Rifles launched a joint operation on Friday evening and apprehended them. Two Chinese-made .32 mm pistols with live rounds, one smartphone and a mobile SIM card were found on them.While one of them belonged to the NSCN (I-M), the other was a member of the NSCN (Unification). They were allegedly involved in running extortion rackets in the Longding district.

Earlier in Novermber, two National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM) cadres were apprehended along with arms and ammunition in Assam’s Sonitpur district . Acting on a tip off, a team police and CRPF jointly launched searches at Mission Chariali in Tezpur and managed to arrest the two NSCN (IM) cadres.Sonitpur district Additional SP (HQ-Op) Numal Mahatta said that the two apprehended cadres have been identified as Khampai Wancho alias Wangbo and Khunghee Mikam.

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