<P>Arms haul in Ampara

<P>Rafik Jalaldeen

<P>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.

<P>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. 

<P>"It was one of the largest ammunition recovery made by the Security Forces after liberating the East," he told the Daily News.

<P>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.