More weapons detected in Wattala

Rafik Jalaldeen

WATTALA: Police recovered a further haul of explosives in Wattala yesterday on information supplied by the LTTE cadre who was arrested on Sunday along with the detection of a deadly weapons cache inside a lorry bound for Colombo from North East, Wattala police sources said. Another suspect died after taking cyanide following the detection in Wattala.

The LTTE cadre Thavarasa Sivapalan who took cyanide was rushed to the Maharagama hospital after swallowing cyanide when he was taken into custody. Upon interrogation he revealed the site where more weapons were hidden in a garbage dump close to where the lorry was parked, police sources said.

Wattala police recovered large quantity of explosives from the garbage dump.

These included ten hand grenades, 10 detonators, one silencer pistol, one small pistol, 225 ammunition of 9mm- 7.2, 3 magazines, one remote control device and two boosters were found on the spot, Wattala police sources added.