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 == Background ==
-A Latvian aircraft dropped a large consignment of weapon|arms including several hundred AK-47 rifles and more than a million rounds of ammunition over a large area in Jhalda, Ghatanga, Belamu, Maramu villages of Purulia district on the night of 17 December 1995.{{Citation needed|date=November 2009}} Several days later, when the plane re-entered Indian airspace, it was intercepted by the Indian Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21|MiG-21 and forced to land.
+A Latvian aircraft dropped a large consignment of arms including several hundred AK-47 rifles and more than a million rounds of ammunition over a large area in Jhalda, Ghatanga, Belamu, Maramu villages of Purulia district on the night of 17 December 1995.{{Citation needed|date=November 2009}} Several days later, when the plane re-entered Indian airspace, it was intercepted by the Indian Air Force MiG-21 and forced to land.
 == Motive and recipient ==