NORTH : TROOPS conducted search and clear operations in the general areas of NALLUR, VISUAMADU, ADAMPAN, PUTHUKKUDDIRIPPU, VELLAMULLIVAIKKAL and MALAYAPARITHTHAPURA and recovered one pistol, one magazine, six hand grenades, thirty-one 60 mm mortar bombs, fifteen anti personnel mines, three Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPG), two T-56 weapons, six hundred rounds of T-56 ammunition, thirty rounds of 12.7 mm ammunition, fifty rounds of Multi Purpose Machine Gun (MPMG) ammunition, two thousand and five hundred rounds of 9mm ammunition, seventy rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition, twelve 81 mm mortar bombs, one box of 12.7 mm ammunition, one box of .50 ammunition, three MPMG ammunition boxes, two explosive chargers eight mini cassettes, one file containing obituaries, and twenty packets of LTTE documents on Wednesday (30).
Meanwhile, troops in the east recovered one T-56 weapon, five magazines, one claymore mine, two hand grenades, five rounds of 9mm ammunition, one anti personnel mine and one belt order from KARAPOLA area during a search conducted on the same day (30).
