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Weapons, Ammo, Diesel &;amp; other LTTE Warlike Items Found

WANNI: ANOTHER stock of different types of ammunition along with a number of T-56 weapons and other LTTE items including some barrels of diesel were found by the troops combing WANNI jungles and digging earth in search of terrorist weaponry, kept hidden in those areas Sunday (11).

During Sunday’s (11) search and clear operations in the general areas of VISUAMADU, AMPAKAMAM, PUTHUKKUDIYIRUPPU, KAPPUKULAM and VELLANKULAM   troops found six 60 mm mortar bombs, one Arul bomb, three thousand and five hundred rounds of Multi Purpose Machine Gun (MPMG) ammunition, two rounds of paddle gun ammunition, twenty anti personnel mines, seven thousand five hundred and twenty-nine rounds of T-56 ammunition, six diesel barrels, nine T-56 weapons, one T-56 magazine, two hundred and thirteen rounds of 5.56 mm ammunition, one Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG), two hand grenades.

Meanwhile, troops recovered one claymore mine, 110 m of wire and one electric detonator from BOGAHAWEWA area in the East on the same day (11).