In an operation by the Meghalaya Police in the state's West Garo Hills district on Monday, explosives and live ammunition were recovered.
The counter-insurgency operation conducted by the police led to the recovery of a live grenade, six rounds of live 7.62 mm ammunition, the West Garo Hills police informed.
It wrote on Twitter, "In a Counter-Insurgency Operation conducted today, West Garo Hills Police recovered one live grenade and 6 nos. live 7.62mm ammunition from Du'magitok village located approx. 15 kms from Tura. Case registered. Investigation is going on".
The Meghalaya Police in a further tweet informed that two improvised explosive devices (IED) were recovered from Rechangre village in a separate operation by the West Garo Hills Police.
One IED was found assembled in a pressure cooker and another in a tin paint box. Both the IEDs were destroyed on the spot, it wrote.
Meanwhile, a case was registered and investigations were on to ascertain the people behind it.
