Troops uncover more weapons

Rafik JALALDEEN

The Security Forces in search of more LTTE arms have uncovered a cache of weapons and other military items in Puthukudiyiruppu area on Monday.

Military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said troops of the Task Force VIII continuing search and mopping up operations in the Puthukudiyiruppu area found a stock of arms.

Troops recovered 59 boxes of live T56 ammunition, 18 anti tank ammunition, three micro pistols, two pistol magazines, 127 pistol ammunition, six T56 weapons, two T56 magazines, two anti aircraft weapons, 12 AP mines, three communication sets, a 0.22 magazine, a paddle gun barrel, 30 oxygen cylinders, 17 field books, a hand grenade and an 81mm mortar shell.

Meanwhile, troops of the Task Force VIII in the Suganthipuram have unearthed 38 AP mines, two 120mm mortar shells and six 81mm mortar shells.