Claymores recovered

Sandasen Marasinghe

A haul of powerful claymore mines hidden by the LTTE have been detected by the STF and the Army 68 Division in the Pudukudiyirippu area. A consignment of 52 powerful claymore mines was recovered at Udayarkattu in Puthukudiyirippu by the Special Task Force.

Police Media Spokesman Senior Superintendent of Police I. M. Karunaratne stated that the consignment included six claymore mines each weighing about 15 kilograms and 46 claymore mines each weighing 5 kilograms. The operation was carried out by IP NS Jayaweera based on information received by the STF. Meanwhile the Army’s 68 Division conducting search operation in the East Pudukudiyirippu area recovered a large amount of military items including 8 claymore mines weighing 12 kg each on Saturday.

It also included four M72 A04, 525 artillery fuses, one 60 mm mortar tube, one Motorola base station, one claymore remote control, 63 hand grenades, 20 mortar bombs, 10 RPG bombs, 3118 T56 ammunition, 69 MPMG ammunition, one C90 weapon, two RPG charges, one T56 rifle, nine T56 magazines, three I-Com sets two Yesu communication sets, two SFG grenades, one LTTE jacket, 19, 122mm bombs, 8 kg of C4 explosives, one Artillery booster bags, one T81 rifle etc.

In the meantime the Uppuveli Police has recovered a T56 assault rifle, a magazine, 22 live bullets and a hand grenade in a thicket in Siripitti in Uppuveli on Saturday evening.