MANNAR: POLICE teams dispatched from Colombo after information elicited from an arrested Tiger terrorist took into custody a Hi Ace van, laden with twenty claymore mines of 5 kg each Tuesday (11) morning when it had remained covered up in MANNAR.
Reports confirmed two LTTE supporters who had broken ranks with the former LTTE organization had been loitering in various spots in Colombo when the Mt. Lavinia Police on Monday (10) evening swooped on them, suspicious of their behaviour.
Following information provided by those two arrestees, a special Police team showed up in MANNAR Tuesday (11) morning and arrested another active pro-Tiger terrorist hanging around in the area without any specific purpose. It was he who had led the Police team to the recovery of the van, kept hidden with packed claymore mines, scheduled to be sent for a bloodbath elsewhere.
Police investigations are in progress.
