On February 24, a joint team of the central forces and Manipur Police launched an operation and arrested three persons identified as Naorem Inaotomba Singh (52), Wahengbam Inaocha (47) alias Iriba Meitei and Wahengbam Homendro Singh (28) alias Naoton, with unauthorized possession of two self-loading rifles (SLRs) along with two magazines loaded with twenty rounds each, from Keishampat in Imphal West District of Manipur, reports Northeast Now.