Police looking for more explosives [October 20 2008]

Police has recovered only 1,400 kg of the stock of explosives allegedly sent to the central hill country from the North by the Tamil Tigers to be used for their devastating terror attacks.

Deputy Inspector General of the Central Province, Pujith Jayasundara has aid that 600 kg of explosives are yet to be located. He urged the civilians to be vigilant and look for suspicious persons or activities for possible attacks in the Central Province where the missing high powered explosives had ended up and would be used.

“We have already taken 74 members of the Tiger terrorists into custody from the Central Province. They are trained terrorists to carryout the attacks and disguised in the form of teachers, barbers, hotel workers, drivers, estate workers, students, health workers, masons,” DIG Jayasundara was quoted as saying.