NORTH & EAST: ARMY troops during their search and clear operations on Sunday (29) recovered three T-56 weapons, eight T-56 magazines, forty-nine rounds of T-56 ammunition, one hundred and twenty-two claymore mines, one anti personnel mine, one hand grenade, three Outboard Motors (OBM), five detonators, 7 kg of explosives, two battery stands, four 50 liter acid cans, three anti tank mines and one sea mine from the general areas of PUTHUKUDIYIRUPPU, VANNAKKULAM and VISUAMADU.
Meanwhile, troops in THALADI, TRINCOMALEE in the east recovered nine 60 mm mortar bombs, thirty-seven hand grenades, one electric detonator, one cyanide capsule and three LTTE dog tags the same day (29).
In the meantime, CID Police personnel serving in BATTICALOA in NARAKAMULLA recovered five Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPG), one hundred T-56 magazines, one Multi Purpose Machine Gun (MPMG) drum, one radio communication set, one hundred and fifty pen torch batteries, forty-seven LTTE flags, twenty micro cassettes and packets of LTTE documents.
