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Troops Recover Cyanide Powder Packs &;amp; Ammo

NORTH: ARMY troops during their search and clear operations on Friday (13) recovered one .22 weapon with a magazine, parts of a T-56 weapon, four M-16 magazines, fifty-eight rounds of 5.56 mm ammunition, three hand grenades, one claymore mine, six Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPG), eight Arul bombs, five cyanide powder packs of 2 kg and one cyanide powder pack of 1 kg from the general areas of MATHIYAMADU and VELLAMULLIVAIKKAL. 

Meanwhile, Navy troops found five thousand and two hundred detonators and twelve 6 V batteries from the general area of SETTIKULAM in VAVUNIYA. 

The same day, Army troops found one hand grenade from PARAKRAMAPURA area in WELIOYA.