NORTH: TROOPS conducting their search and clear operations in the general areas of VISUAMADU, MANKULAM, PUTHUKKUDIYIRUPPU, MARADAMADU and VELLAMULLIVAIKKAL on Tuesday (16) recovered one 81 mm mortar bomb, two Rocket Propeller Grenades (RPGs), one RPG charger, twenty LTTE hand grenades, six M-97 weapons, four M-97 magazines, one 85 silencer weapon, two 85 weapon magazines, one I-com set, sixteen anti personnel mines, one Arul bomb and one hand set.
Meanwhile, De-mining groups unearthed one Improvised Explosive Device (IED), thirty-eight anti personnel mines and one hand grenade from PERIYAPANDIVIRICHCHAN, PUMALARUTHTHAN, TACHCHANAWARTHAMADHU, NOCHCHIMODDAI and ADAMPAN areas on the same day (16).
