MULLAITTIVU: TROOPS expanding their searches further in PUTHUKKUDDIYIRUPPU, VISUAMADU and VISUAMADUKULAM areas on Monday (6) were able to collect more and more LTTE weapons and other explosive devices.
Stocks included five hundred and fifty-one 81 mm mortar bombs, three hundred and thirty-three hand grenades, four hundred and seventy 12.7 rounds of ammunition, four hundred and forty-eight 60 mm mortar bombs, forty-one Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPG), one hundred and twelve charger bags, four 81 mm mortar base plates, one land mine, four 60 mm mortar base plates, four hundred and seventy-five meter detonator cords, one 60 mm mortar barrel, one hundred and forty 81 mm mortar fuses, two hundred 120 mm mortar bombs, seventy large claymore tripods, eighty-nine small claymore tripods, fifty-one I-shape iron plates, forty-three powder bags (50 kg), 400 g of low explosives, twenty-six Jonny mines, three claymore mines, twenty detonators, one modified weapon, five thousand rounds of T-56 ammunition, two-feet long tube, filled with explosives and three Multi Purpose Machine Gun (MPMG) links.
Meanwhile, troops during their searches recovered four hand grenades, one mini weapon, one magazine, twenty-five rounds of T- 56 ammunition, two dog tags, one LTTE flag, one cyanide capsule, one I-com handle antenna on Monday (6) from areas surrounding MADU shrine.
