MULLAITTIVU: MASSIVE stocks of LTTE explosives, arms and ammunition, lethal weapons, sophisticated technical devices and other accessories continued to emerge as troops were busy clearing captured areas in the north and east of PUTHUKKUDIYIRUPPU on Monday (6) and Tuesday (7) morning.
Troops recovered one I-com set, one Improvised Explosive Device (IED), one 60 mm mortar IED and five anti personnel mines from RAMANATHAPURAM area after they conducted a search and clear operation following the abortive suicide attempt of the LTTE woman suicide bomber.
At the same time, troops conducted search and clearing operations in KALMADUKULAM, VISUAMADU and PALAMATTALAN areas and found one LTTE flack jacket, ten belt orders, two back packs, two pouches, five hand grenades, seven LTTE caps, eight LTTE uniforms, two LTTE emblems, eighty one mortar bombs, fifteen 60 mm mortar bombs, three Rocket Propeller Gun (RPG) rounds, seven hundred and twenty-nine T-56 ammunition, fifteen Multi Purpose Machine Gun (MPMG) links, one T-56 weapon, one Light Machine Gun (LMG), twenty T-56 bolt groups, T-56 accessories, one General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) top cover, LMG accessories, two MPMG barrels, four G3 A3 magazines, two binoculars, seven grease cans, thirty claymores and forty-four plastic tubes.
Meanwhile, twenty Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), nine cutting chargers, ninety-five RPG rounds, forty 81mm improvised bombs, twenty-five 82mm illumination bombs, one thousand and three hundred 81mm illumination bombs, eighty 81mm high explosive bombs, two hundred and fifty-five mines fuses, one thousand one hundred and ninety 60mm mortar bombs, a 25m length of detonator code, two claymore mines, three anti personnel mines, one hand grenade and 6m iron bar filled with explosives were found from WELIOYA, THENNIMURUPPUKULAM and PUTHUKKUDIYIRUPPU areas.
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