NORTH: ARMY troops conducting search and clear operations in the general areas of MURUSAMODAI, PARANTHAN, ASIKKULAM, PUTHUMATALAN, VELLAMULLIVAIKKAL, PUTHUKKUDIYIRUPPU, SUGANDIPURAM and KUPPILANKULAM, found eight 81 mm mortar bombs, two hundred four hand grenades, ten 120 mm mortar bombs, thirty-three Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPG), one hundred and fifty 60mm mortar bombs, fifty anti personnel mines, two detonators, one claymore device, one LTTE uniform, three 30 kg flatting mines, eight hundred and thirty-three rounds of 12.7 mm ammunition, five hundred rounds of M-16 ammunition, one hundred fifty rounds of Multi Purpose Machine Gun (MPMG) ammunition, fourteen 63 mm CS smoke bombs, one T-56 weapon, one hundred and forty detonator code rolls, two claymore mines, four explosive charges, three hundred and thirty rounds of T-56 ammunition, four primers, one shotgun and six 60mm mortar chargers on Monday (24).
