Key Highlights
- A self-styled lieutenant of the proscribed Peoples' Liberation Army was apprehended from Yaingangpokpi Bazar on Tuesday (February 17, 2026), they said.
- He was identified as Ningthoujam Ibungocha alias Sathouba Meitei (38), they added.
- Another member of the outfit, identified as Athokpam Manaoton Meitei (42), was arrested in Sawombung.
- In another operation, security forces recovered arms and ammunition along Ngairangbam Tanoukhul Road in Imphal West district, officials said.
- Among them were a double-barrel gun, a country-made pistol along with a magazine, 181 bullets of different calibres, three magazines, two hand-grenades and a detonator, they said.
