Imphal, Mar 1 (PTI) Security forces have arrested five persons, including a militant, from Manipur's Kangpokpi and Kamjong districts, police said on Saturday.

Four of those, apprehended from Bimparao in Kangpokpi, were reportedly working under a cadre of the proscribed Kuki National Front (P), a police officer said.

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In Kamjong's Kultuh village along the India-Myanmar border, the security forces arrested an active cadre of the outlawed People's Liberation Army on Friday, he said.

A pistol and a grenade were among the arms recovered from his possession, the officer said.

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Meanwhile, several arms and ammunition were “voluntarily surrendered by the public” in five districts of the northeastern state on Friday, police said.

The surrendered arms include rifles, grenades, mortars and country-made hand grenades – in Tengnoupal, Imphal East, Kangpokpi, Imphal West and Thoubal districts – they said.

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