Arms haul in Ampara

Rafik Jalaldeen

STF personnel unearthed a cache of arms including 82,550 T56 ammunition hidden inside an LTTE weapon storage bunker in the Govipal-Aru area, Ampara on Sunday.

Police spokesman SSP Ranjith Gunasekera said STF personnel engaged in search operations in Kanchikudichchi-Aru to nab Tigers carrying out terror activities in Pottuvil, Panama, Yala, Buttala and Kataragama areas, unearthed a haul of arms and ammunition hidden inside a bunker in a deep jungle area.

“It was one of the largest ammunition recovery made by the Security Forces after liberating the East,” he told the Daily News.

The STF recovered 82,550 T56 ammunition, 1,093 Anti Personnel Mines, 74 APM fuses, 10 vehicle bombs each weighing 15kg, an MPMG barrel, 150m detonator chord, 600m wire and a mine stand.