Army-Police Joint Effort Unearths Large Cache of Ammunition

Soldiers of 681 Brigade in a combined effort with the Special Branch at Nuwaraeliya Police recovered a cache of ammunition yesterday (26) from Wellamullivaikkal in Mullaitivu District.

There ammunition are believed to have been kept concealed by LTTE terrorists during find days of the battle in which they were crushed by the Sri Lanka Army.

Two thousand five hundred and eighty six detonators, one thousand six hundred and ninety-six Multi Purpose Machine Gun (MPMG) rounds with links, three hundred and six hand grenades, thirty-five 60mm mortar bombs, eighteen 60mm mortar cartridges, twelve Rocket Propeller Grenades, three hundred and eighty rounds of T-56 ammunition, two 40mm grenade launcher bombs, one MPMG tripod and one 152mm improvised explosive device were found left hidden of this location by the soldiers.