Bhutan unearths huge arms cache
Apart from the killing of large number of their cadres, the ULFA and NDFB also lost huge amount of arms and ammunition during the ongoing army offensive against the outfits and KLO in Bhutan. As per the list given by the Bhutan government to its Indian counterpart, more than 700 types of assorted weapons have been so far seized from the camps which were busted in the jungles, according to official sources here. As many as 500 AK-47 rifles, over 100 pistols and other sophisticated weapons as anti-aircraft guns, 60 mm mortars, SLRs besides 150,000 rounds of ammunition and 80,000 rounds of AK series ammunition, were seized from the camps.
Posted by: Paul Moloney 2003-12-23 |