Five LTTEers arrested with explosives at Modera

Rafik Jalaldeen

COLOMBO: Police arrested five LTTE suspects with 4 kg of C4 explosives from a house in Aluth Mawatha, Modera in a pre-dawn search operation, Military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said.

Briefing the media at the weekly security news conference at the MCNS yesterday Brigadier Nanayakkara said following a tip-off police surrounded a house in the Aluth Mawatha area in Modera yesterday morning and arrested five suspects along with 4kgs of C4 explosives, 10 electric detonators and four time devices.

Meanwhile, police at a road block arrested four LTTE suspects attempting to abduct a Manager working at an Insurance Company in Pomppaimadu, Vavuniya on Monday evening.

One of the LTTE cadres swallowed a cyanide and was admitted to the Anuradhapura hospital. "A hand grenade and a pistol were recovered from the LTTE cadres," he added.

Meanwhile, Air Force fighter jets pounded an LTTE military logistics storage facility yesterday at around 9.20 am causing heavy damages to the Tigers, Air Force Wing Commander Andrew Wijesuriya said. The air raid was carried out following accurate information provided by the ground intelligence sources and air surveillance. "The pilot confirmed the target was precise and caused heavy damages," he added.

He reiterated that intelligence sources confirmed three LTTE cadres were killed and eight others injured in an air raid carried out by the Air Force at the Sea Tiger Coordinating Centre located in Puthukudiruppu on Saturday