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Police Find Hidden LTTE Suicide Jackets from Vavuniya; One Female Cadre Arrested &;amp; Another Commits Suicide

VAVUNIYA: OFFICERS from the Special Investigation Unit in Galle unearthed a haul of explosives from PUNTHOTTAM area in VAVUNIYA Tuesday (22) following intelligence provided by an LTTE female terrorist who had been living in disguise and caught by the Police.

On information, the Police raided a house on the KUMANKULAM road, UYILANKULAM to arrest two female cadres. However one of them identified as KANDIA GAURI, believed to be around 31, has committed suicide swallowing cyanide when the Police were in the process of arresting her.

During continuous interrogations conducted, the remaining female cadre, KULANDAWELI VINODANAYAGI (34) revealed information about a stock of explosives kept safely hidden in the nearby Calvary Hill in ASIKULAM area from where the Police recovered three suicide jackets, six bags of explosives each containing 2 kg of C-4, three electric detonators, three cyanide capsules, six 9 V batteries, three timers and one hundred rounds of 9 mm pistol ammunition.

The recovered items had been kept buried in the earth and covered with a slab of granite.

Further investigations by the Police are on.