NORTH: DURING search and clear operations conducted by the troops in the general areas of NAVALI, NITHTHIKAIKULAM, AKKARAYANKULAM, PUTHUKKUDIYIRUPPU, and APPUKULAM, troops recovered two claymore mines, one 9mm pistol with a magazine, fifteen anti personnel mines, one Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG), one T-56 weapon, one hundred rounds of Multi Purpose Machine Gun (MPMG) ammunition, one hundred and eighteen rounds of 9 mm pistol ammunition, sixteen rounds of M-16 ammunition and a large quantity of weapon spare parts on Sunday (18).
Meanwhile, Army troops in the East recovered three shot guns during a search conducted in PARIYANMITTANGOLLA, BATTICOLOA on the same day (18).
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