WANNI: TROOPS during their search and clear operations in the general areas of VAVUNIYA, VAIRAWAPULIYANKULAM, PANIKKANKULAM, UYILANKULAM, MUDALIYARKULAM, ALANKULAM, KOKAVIL, PUTHUKKUDIYIRUPPU, SUGANDIPURAM and DIMBULANA recovered four hand grenades, 6 kg of C4 explosives, three electric detonators, three cyanide capsules, three T-56 weapons, eleven T-56 magazines, one micro pistol, nine anti personnel mines, one 60 mm mortar booby trap, five 82 mm mortar bombs, five 60 mm mortar bombs and two Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPG) on Wednesday (23).
Meanwhile, Police conducting search and clear operations recovered ninety-one T-56 weapons and ten RPG launchers buried in NARAKAMULLA area, BATTICALOA on Wednesday (23).
The same day, 234 Brigade troops serving in BATTICALOA town area unearthed eight claymore mines, twenty-five 122 mm artillery shells, eight 60 mm mortar bombs, four 152 mm artillery shells and four exploders while they had been buried in the Municipal Council vehicle park.
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