MULLAITTIVU: TASK FORCE - VIII troops in PUTHUKKUDIYIRUPPU on Sunday (27) made a startling recovery of parts of an Unmanned Air Vehicle (CI 307 UAV) that had been kept buried by Tiger terrorists in KAPPUKULAM area before they were crushed by War Heroes a few months ago.
Task Forces-VIII troops while conducting search and clear operations in the area on suspicion dug the spot and unearthed part of an UAV engine, three parts of an UAV camera, two UAV wings, two front wheels, one small rear wheel, eight training bombs, three dropping bombs, four bags with damaged parts of an UAV, one oxygen cylinder and one aircraft engine.
Those spares would have been brought to the WANNI area by former Tiger terrorists, mostly in parts to be used for their clandestine aerial assignments before they fled from respective areas as the troops were moving in.
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