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Troops Find Over 7000 Electric Detonators

NORTH & EAST: TROOPS conducting search and  clear operations in MAHILANKULAM, PARANTHAN, OLUMADU, AMPALAWANPOKKANAI, VELLAMULLIVAIKKAL, KARYALAMULLIVAIKKAL, PUTHUKKUDIYIRUPPU and UDAYARKATTU areas in the NORTH recovered seven T-56 weapons, four T-56 magazines, six micro pistols, twelve pistol magazines, three Chinese pistols with magazines, thirty-eight rounds of 9mm pistol ammunition, forty-two rounds of micro pistol ammunition, eight explosive slabs, three thousand two hundred and thirty-one rounds of T-56 ammunition, fourteen anti personnel mines with fuses, sixty 81 mm mortar bombs, four 120 mm mortar bombs, sixty-two Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) bombs,  one digital camera with battery, one hundred and fifteen 60 mm mortar bombs, twenty-four hand grenades, thirteen RPG chargers, one Multi Purpose Machine Gun (MPMG) link, two hundred and twenty-eight 82 mm mortar bombs, three 60 mm mortar fuses, five Outboard Motors (OBM), six hundred and forty-nine 81 mm mortar fuses, twenty-one claymore mines, three shotguns, three pistols, two 81 mm mortars, one Cannon camera, seven thousand two hundred and forty-four electric detonators, two firing devices, one radio set, two laptop computers, seven Bangalore torpedoes, twelve booby traps, fitted to 82 mm mortar bombs, two MPMG weapons, one General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG), one .22 weapon, one mini Uzhi weapon with magazine, twelve I-com sets, fifty LTTE photographs, ten I-com set chargers, fifteen Yesu radio sets, one base station, one PRC 1077 radio set,  six RPG weapons and sixty-eight 82 mm mortar chargers on Thursday (25). 

Meanwhile, troops operating in the general area of WALATOTTAM in TRINCOMALEE recovered thirteen RPG weapons, two 60 mm mortar weapons, two 12.7 mm weapons, three 12.7 mm barrels, one 82 mm mortar bipod, one 40 mm grenade launcher, one MG-5 weapon, five Light Machine Guns (LMG), five MPMG barrels, a large number of pouches packed in five gunny bags, one plastic barrel full of LTTE bags, LTTE hats, harness kits and packs, one T-81 LMG weapon, two M-16 AL weapons, three sniper guns, fifteen T-56 weapons and four T-81 weapons on Thursday (25).     

The same day, Police conducted a search in the BATTICALOA hospital premises and found parts of four motor cycles, seventeen tents and two hammers buried underground.