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Sri Lanka Army

Defender of the Nation

Thousands of LTTE Ammo Still Found

NORTH: DURING search and clear operations conducted by the troops in the general areas of PUTHUKKUDIYIRUPPU, SUGANDHIPURAM, GURUNAGAR, VISUAMADU, AMPAKAMAM and KANAGARAYANKULAM, troops recovered one thousand and five hundred rounds of Multi Purpose Machine Gun (MPMG) ammunition, five thousand and thirty-eight rounds of T-56 ammunition, seven hundred and fifty rounds of .50 ammunition, three T-56 weapons, fifteen Arul bombs, fifty-six hand grenades, ten 60 mm mortar bombs, one 81 mm mortar bomb, three 130 mm mortar bombs, eighteen Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPG), one hundred and twenty-five capsules filled with TNT explosives, seven T-56 magazines, two Light Machine Gun (LMG) drums, one suicide jacket, one Self Loading Rifle (SLR) magazine, twenty-five T-81 grenade attachments, one radio set, two exploders, three radars, one 9 mm pistol, five 9 mm pistol magazines, forty-nine rounds of 9 mm pistol ammunition, thirty-five 12 bore cartridges, one 60 mm mortar sight, one I-com set, one Yesu set, one battery charger, two LTTE uniform kits, two LTTE caps, eight video cassettes, eight CDs, two passports, five National Identity Cards (NIC), one LTTE Identity Card (ID), one cheque issued by LTTE and one claymore mine on Tuesday (13).

     Meanwhile, TRINCOMALEE Police in UPPAWELI recovered six hand grenades.

    The same day, Army troops in VANDARAMOOLAI, BATTICOLOA recovered one 8 kg claymore mine.