NORTH/CENTRAL & WEST : ARMY troops operating in the general areas of KICHIVAI, OMANTHAI, MUDALIYARKULAM, AMPAKAMAM, PUTHUKKUDIYIRUPPU, VELLAMULLIVAIKKAL, AMPALAVANPOKKANAI and UDAYARKATTUKULAM intensifying their search and clear operations in above areas uncovered one improvised mortar bomb, five hand grenades, eight 81 mm mortar bombs, one 81 mm illuminating mortar bomb, two 81 mm mortar trails, three anti personnel mines, three T-56 weapons, sixteen T-56 magazines, two Multi Purpose Machine Guns (MPMG), 500g of C-4 explosives, six claymore mines, three booby traps, eighty Johny mines, eighteen 60 mm mortar bombs, nine 60 mm mortar fuses, two satellite phones, three mobile phones, four voice recorders, one digital camera, thirteen floppy diskettes, one Spy camera, one CD Rom, one USB reader, one USB writer, one flash drive and eleven memory chips and two wireless pencom receivers on Tuesday (8).
Meanwhile, troops of Special Task Force (STF) in BATTICALOA recovered two claymore mines, one 120 mm mortar bomb, two anti personnel mines and one detonator in a search operation conducted in LEVINIYARU on Tuesday (8).
On the same day (8) STF troops recovered one hundred and eight anti personnel mines in a search operation conducted in ALANKULAM, VAVUNIYA.
During another search in NEBODA, KALUTARA, STF troops recovered one 40 mm Grenade Launcher on Tuesday (8).
In the meantime, Army troops on a tip-off searched a private bus at the main bus terminal, KANDY and recovered 428g of C-4 explosives, kept hidden inside a seat cover inside, the same day (8).
