Overview
- Joint teams with the Forest Department cleared about 83 acres of illegal poppy at Sihai in Ukhrul and Lakhamai in Senapati, burning or demolishing plantation huts found on site.
- Police said they arrested an active PREPAK cadre, Sapam Barlin Singh alias Nongthang, near the JNIMS main gate in Imphal East.
- Multiple suspects linked to banned outfits PREPAK, KYKL and UNLF were detained in coordinated actions across Imphal East, Imphal West and Kakching, with outlets reporting four or five arrests.
- Mortars and two improvised explosive devices were recovered in the Yangoubung area of Tengnoupal near the India–Myanmar border and destroyed by a bomb disposal team.
- Security measures include 114 checkpoints across districts and convoy protection on National Highway-37, while a separate interception in Thoubal yielded 1.543 kg of suspected brown sugar.