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Explosives, Claymores &;amp; APMs Found

NORTH: ARMY troops engaged in search and clear operations in the general areas of KUDAMEEYAN  and PUTHUKKUDIYIRUPPU on Wednesday (2) recovered one pressure mine, one hundred and eighty-one  anti personnel mines, sixteen hand grenades, four claymore mines, 1kg of grease, one hundred and twenty-seven Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), one hundred rounds of 12.7 mm ammunition, one 60 mm mortar launcher with mortar sight and a base plate, twenty-five electric detonators, one battery, one ration tin, three land mines and  five detonator cords.

Meanwhile, intelligence troops recovered one suicide jacket from MANAMPITIYA area in POLONNARUWA the same day (2).  

The same day (02), troops serving in KALUWANKERNI area in BATTICALOA recovered thirty-six anti personnel mines, sixty anti personnel mine fuses, five IEDs, four claymore mines, two remote controllers, two pressure mines, ten Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPG), two T-56 weapons, six T-56 magazines, sixty rounds of T-56 ammunition, three electric detonators, 2 kg of TNT explosives and 5m length of a detonator cord.

In the meantime, the Police recovered one hand grenades from MUTTUR area.

Following information provided by an LTTE arrestee, VAVUNIYA the Police recovered nearly 3.5 kg of C-4 explosives kept hidden in the NELUKKULAM tank bund.