Shillong: Four heavily armed militants of the outlawed Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) were today arrested from Tura in West Garo Hills district, police said.
A huge cache of arms and ammunition besides IEDs were seized from them while they were trying to enter the town, they said.
According to the police, the team was sent by Sohan D Shira, the founding commander-in-chief of the militant outfit, to create disturbances in Tura in the coming few days.
An AK-47 rifle with 26 rounds of ammunition, one 9 mm pistol and two magazines, one 7.56 pistol with two magazines, three IEDs and two I-cards were seized from them, police said, adding magazine pouches, camouflage uniforms, round seals of the GNLA and demand booklets were also seized.
The GNLA which is fighting for a ‘sovereign Garoland' in the western areas of Meghalaya, is one of the militant outfits active in the Garo Hills region of the state.
The outfit has been involved in killing, abduction, extortion, bomb blasts and attacks on security forces.
