{"id":13546,"date":"2026-02-18T07:36:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T07:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncrfrontlinenews.com\/?p=13546"},"modified":"2026-02-18T07:36:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T07:36:31","slug":"manipur-security-forces-arrest-pla-lieutenant-recover-arms-and-ammunition-in-imphal-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncrfrontlinenews.com\/?p=13546","title":{"rendered":"Manipur security forces arrest PLA \u2018lieutenant\u2019, recover arms and ammunition in Imphal operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Imphal: Security forces have arrested a self-styled Lieutenant of the People\u2019s Liberation Army of Manipur in Imphal East district.<\/p>\n<p>The individual has been identified as Ningthoujam Ibungocha, also known as 38-year-old Sathouba Meitei, a resident of Nongdam Makha Leikai, Pukhri Achouba Mapal in Imphal East. He was apprehended from Yaingangpokpi Bazar under Yaingangpokpi Police Station on Tuesday. A mobile phone along with a SIM card was seized from his possession.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn 17.02.2026, security forces arrested an extortionist, a s\/s Lieutenant of PLA, one Ningthoujam Ibungocha @ Sathouba Meitei (38) of Nongdam Makha Leikai, Pukhri Achouba Mapal, Imphal East district from Yaingangpokpi Bazar under Yaingangpokpi-PS, Imphal East district. From his possession, a mobile phone along with SIM Card was seized,\u201d the \u2018X\u2019 post from Manipur police said.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate operation on February 17, security personnel recovered a cache of arms and ammunition from an area along Ngairangbam Tanoukhul Road towards Longa Koireng under Patsoi Police Station in Imphal West district.<\/p>\n<p>The seized items included one double-barrel gun, a country-made pistol with a magazine, 181 rounds of ammunition of various calibres, three magazines, two No. 36 hand grenades, one detonator, and a Baofeng wireless handset with a charger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn 17.02.2026, security forces recovered from an area along Ngairangbam Tanoukhul Road towards Longa Koireng under Patsoi-PS, Imphal West district, the following: i.01 (one) double barrel gun, ii.01 (one) country made pistol along with a magazine, iii.181 (one hundred eighty one) ammunition rounds of different calibers, iv.03 (three) magazines, v.02 (two) No.36 hand-grenade, vi.01 (one) detonator, vii.01 (one) Baofeng wireless handset along with charger,\u201d the \u2018X\u2019 post said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imphal: Security forces have arrested a self-styled Lieutenant of the People\u2019s Liberation Army of Manipur in Imphal East district. The individual has been identified as Ningthoujam Ibungocha, also known as 38-year-old Sathouba Meitei, a resident of Nongdam Makha Leikai, Pukhri Achouba Mapal in Imphal East. He was apprehended from Yaingangpokpi Bazar under Yaingangpokpi Police Station [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-13546","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncrfrontlinenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncrfrontlinenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncrfrontlinenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncrfrontlinenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncrfrontlinenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13546"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncrfrontlinenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13548,"href":"https:\/\/ncrfrontlinenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13546\/revisions\/13548"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncrfrontlinenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncrfrontlinenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncrfrontlinenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncrfrontlinenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}