Tiger agent nabbed with GPS, sat phones in India

Indian police on Sunday arrested a Sri Lankan Tamil allegedly acting as an agent for the LTTE to smuggle goods and electronic equipment to Sri Lanka.

The agent was picked up at Madambakkam, a suburb near Tambaram.

Police recovered eight pieces of GPS equipment, three satellite phones, two cell phone repeaters and 500 kg of ammonium nitrate concealed in his house and also in his friend's house in Acharapakkam in Kancheepuram district.

According to police, Antony, 32, hailing from Jaffna, arrived as a refugee with his wife in March this year. After staying in the Mandapam camp for some time, he shifted to an independent house in Madambakkam with his family. Acting on a tip-off, the Q'branch conducted a surprise raid at his house and recovered some of these items, while the rest was recovered from his friend's house in Acharapakkam. Initial inquiries revealed that he had got the consignment from a person who had come to Chennai by air from Switzerland. According to him, he got his first consignment in August, and the other in November.

He allegedly admitted to police that he had links with LTTE organisers and that they had asked him to collect the consignment. He was informed about the arrival of the consignment through mobile phone and he had gone to collect it from the unidentified person. He had planned to smuggle the goods to Sri Lanka soon.

- The Times of India