WANNI & EAST: ARMY TROOPS conducting search and clear operations in the general areas of IRANAMADU, VISUAMADU, PUTHUKKUDIYIRUPPU, VELLAMULLIVAIKKAL, KANDAMALAI and BATTICALOA recovered on Monday (28) one T-56 weapon, one thousand and six rounds of T-56 ammunition, three booby traps made using 81 mm mortar bombs, two 81 mm mortar bombs, sixty-eight hand grenades, seventy-two 60 mm mortar bombs, thirteen 60 mm mortar chargers, two claymore mines weighing about 2 kg, four Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPG), two 152 mm artillery shells, one 40 mm grenade launcher cartridge and fourteen Improvised Explosive Devices (IED).
Meanwhile, Special Task Force (STF) troops operating in the east recovered two T-56 weapons, four magazines, one hundred and twenty rounds of T-56 ammunition and six hand grenades from MANALPUDITHIVU and MUNDIMURIPPU areas, the same day (28).
