Lethal items among betel leaves

Two T-56 rifle bullets, one switch and two batteries were found in a three-wheeler at the Menik Farm IDP centre in Vavuniya on Friday, Army sources said.

According to sources the three-wheeler was carrying bundles of betel leaves and when it was checked the lethal items were found hidden among the betel leaves.

The three-wheeler driver has been taken in for questioning. Further investigations are being carried out by the Vavuniya police, the sources said.

Meanwhile, two Bangalore torpedoes, 64 anti personnel mines, one RPG round, one 81 mm mortar bomb, one 60 mm mortar bomb, eighteen 82 mm mortar bombs, eleven T-56 weapons, seven multi-purpose machine guns, one shotgun, three pressure mines, a bomb weighing 46 kilogrammes, 490 sniper ammunition, 400 rounds of 90 mm ammunition, 1,200 micro ammunition, 5,916, T-56 rounds, 29 T-56 magazines, 4MPMG drums, 24 kilogrammes C-4 explosives, 100 metres of detonating code, two claymore mines, two outboard motors, three electric detonators, two claymore mine stands, one MPMG ammunition and a 30 metre length flexible wire were found in the Visuwamadu, Puthukudiyiruppu. Thissapuram and the Alankulam areas in the Wanni by the Army, the sources said.

AP