Ammunition found in HRC vehicle
Rasika SOMARATHNA
Police yesterday recovered twenty rounds of T-56 ammunition and a
hand grenade from a vehicle belonging to the Jaffna branch of the Human
Rights Commission (HRC).
Confirming the incident, Police spokesman SSP Ranjith Gunasekera told
Daily News that the cache was found inside the vehicle while it was
undergoing repairs inside a garage.
During a search operation the ammunition and the grenade were found
from a vehicle bearing No: 261-1102 and subsequent investigations had
bared that the vehicle belonged to the Human Rights Commission,
Gunasekera said.
He further added that the driver of the vehicle along with the garage
owner and two mechanics employed at the garage were taken into custody
for questioning.
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