Shillong, Apr 25 (PTI) A huge cache of ammunition used in anti-aircraft guns was seized from a forest in Meghalaya's South Garo Hills district in the early hours of Thursday, police said.

Acting on a tip-off, four boxes containing 340 ammunitions of such guns were seized from the forest near Chibogre village in Chokpot police station area around 3.30 am, they said.

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It is suspected that the ammunition was kept hidden by some militant group, they added.

Ammunition of similar calibre was found a few years ago from the hideouts of the Garo National Liberation Army, which has been disbanded, in the East Garo Hills district.

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