WANNI: ARMY troops operating in the WANNI conducted search and clear operations in the general areas of VISUAMADU, PUTHUKKUDIYIRIPPU, SUGANDIPURAM and KUPPILANKULAM and recovered one .22 weapon, seven T-56 weapons, one thermo baric weapon, one T-90 weapon, one locally-made “Pasilan-2000” launcher with one shell, twenty T-97 magazines, two T-56 magazines, three hundred and fifty electric detonators, one thousand and nine rounds of 9 mm pistol ammunition, five hundred and fifty rounds of .45 mm pistol ammunition, two suicide jackets, one thermo baric empty case, two I-com base stations, one Yesu High Frequency (HF) base station, three thousand seven hundred and twelve rupees in coins (Rs. 3712.00), one 81 mm mortar, four booby traps made using 81 mm mortar bombs, eight hand grenades, three thousand and thirty-six rounds of T-56 ammunition, one Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG), two 82 mm mortar bombs, forty-eight rounds of 12.7 mm ammunition, two claymore mines, ten Arul bombs, thirteen range finders, forty-eight anti personnel mines, eighty-one Multi Purpose Machine Gun (MPMG) links, a stock of weapon parts and one 120 mm mortar bomb on Sunday (9).
