Maoist firearm making workshop seized in Chhattisgarh

Security forces seized a Maoist-run firearms workshop in Mettaguda forest, Sukma. The operation by police and CoBRA 203 Battalion recovered weapons, ammunition, machinery,

Kothagudem: Security forces seized a firearms making workshop allegedly run by Maoists in the Mettaguda forest area of Sukma district in Chhattisgarh.

A joint search operation was launched by the district police and the CRPF’s CoBRA 203 Battalion on Saturday. A large quantity of weapons, ammunition and machinery was recovered by the police.

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During the search operation in the forest and hills surrounding Koimenta village, security forces recovered vertical milling machine, two barrel grenade launchers (BGLs), 12 empty BGL shells, 94 BGL heads, a hand grinder machine and three directional IEDs and other material.