Govt troops discover body of MNDAA member, seizes arms in Mongko

Nay Pyi Taw December 14

The government troops found the body of a Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) member and 20 bullets for an M-21 weapon and one grenade near the fence of the Mongko outpost around 9:45am yesterday.

Troops also discovered an improvised explosive device at about 10:40 am planted by armed groups about 1,500 metres southwest of Kilarpa Village, Mongko, and disarmed the bomb.

Also discovered near a sugarcane plantation during an area clearance operation were two cartridges for an M-22 gun with 90 bullets, two mortar rounds, 11 detonators and one handphone.

The Myawady Daily