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Huge cache of arms found in Bandarban
A huge cache of sophisticated arms and ammunition was hauled in from the den of a Myanmar separatist outfit in a deep forest in the hill district late Thursday night.The seizure list prepared by army troops include two (New Nation)

M-16 rifles, six SMGs, three AK-47 rifles, two light machine-guns, one 40MM rocket launcher, five US-made rocket launchers, five shells of rocket launcher, 6,750 bullets of different rifles, 2,000 bullets of heavy machine gun, and 2,000 SMG bullets. Also netted are 2,000 bullets of M-16 rifle, 11 40mm shells of rocket launcher, eight SMG magazines, seven magazines of M-16 rifle, two drum magazines of LMG, two multi-meters, army vests and various military machinery, official sources said.
Not a single shutter gun.
They said the operation was launched acting on a tip-off that a gang of National United Front of Arakan (NUFA) gunmen was in a hill-forest hideout in the frontier upazila Alikadam. Six teams of army kept the den of NUFA at Menching Para in Mirinja hill forest encircled since Thursday morning.

"After recce, the army personnel raided the den late Thursday night. But, sensing the arrival of army troops, ...
... "hark, my spider sense is tingling!" ...
... the miscreants sneaked out into the deep forest leaving behind their arms and ammunition," says a spot account given by the sources.

Then the army men of Alikadam zone, under supervision in Bandarban regional command, dug out the arms and ammunition dumped under earth.
Posted by: Steve White 2006-08-20
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