Massive Hauls of LTTE Weapons & Explosives Continue to Emerge

WANNI: ARMY TROOPS, engaged in their continued search operations in VELLAMULLIVAIKKAL and ASIKULAM areas for another day during Monday (25) found four more partly decomposed dead bodies of Tiger terrorists, one pistol, one pistol magazine with three rounds, one 40 mm grenade launcher, two hundred and eleven T-56 weapons, two T-56 magazines, forty-four rounds, one suicide belt, twenty-one I-com radio sets, one generator (Yamha 4.4), thirty-eight ARMR ammunition, one thousand detonators, one DET code roll, eleven parcel of explosives, three suicide jackets, five claymore mines, one T-81 weapon, two sniper weapons, fifteen Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPG), eleven 60 mm mortar barrels, nine 60 mm mortar base plates, thirty-four Multi Purpose Machine Guns (MPMG), fourteen G3A3 weapons, sixteen FNC weapons, thirteen SLR weapons, five 303 rifle, fifty paddle gun ammo box (thirty-five rounds each), nineteen MPMG ammo box ( two hundred rounds each), twenty-one MPMG ammo box (two hundred rounds wit links), six GPMG ammo boxes (two hundred rounds wit links), twelve 12.7 ammo boxes (eighty-five rounds each), three 40 mm grenade launcher bomb boxes  (thirty-two rounds each), nine Oxygen cylinders (large), four MPMG empty drums, seven hundred 12.7 ammunition, one compressor, fifteen acid cans (five Liter), six sea mines, four Oxygen cylinders (small), three diving jackets, seven diving kits, six diving shoes and ten compressor oil cans.

Meanwhile, troops conducting search operations in KALAPOKAKULAM, THERUMURUKANDI and AMPAKAMAM areas uncovered two pistols with four magazines, two 81 mm mortar barrels, four 81 mm mortar tripod clamping collars, one unknown mortar barrel, three RPG barrels, three fifty weapon barrels and one body part, one 12.7 mm body part, three upper collars and five tripod legs, eight GPMG weapons and five barrels, four Light Machine Gun butts and twenty-eight body parts, two G3A3 weapons, two T-81 weapons, two T-56 MK I weapons, two T-56 MK II weapons, six T-56 MK III weapons, four unknown tripods, four unknown tripod legs, six unknown weapon holders, eleven :MG drums, eleven T-81 magazines, forty-five G3A3 magazines,  sixteen T-56 magazines, six receiving covers, sixteen T-56 cocking handles, ten SLR magazines, twenty-two Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) bombs, twenty-nine hand grenades, five unknown grenades, four Arul bombs, thirty-one 120 mm mortar chargers, two 60 mm mortar charger boxes, 200 kg of TNT explosives, 83 kg of primers, 4 kg of  low explosives, 13 kg of black powder, 12 kg of low explosives (brown colour), 36 kg of C-4 explosives, 530 kg of steel balls, 25 kg of Aluminum balls, twenty-four bottles of chemicals, seventeen thousand three hundred switches, five hundred and seventeen fuses, eighteen artillery fuses, 55 kg of unidentified chemical powder, one hundred and five tubes of white explosives, one firing device, eight claymore mines, forty five jumping mines, one hundred and eight Jonny mines, thirty booby trap devices made of 81- mm mortar bombs, one booby trap device made of 60-mm mortar bomb, thirteen booby traps made of RPG rounds, forty four 120 mm mortar bombs, one hundred and thirty- eight 81 mm mortar bombs, one I-com set and thirty-nine 60 mm mortar bombs, the same day (25). 
 
In the meantime, troops on search operations in KADAWANA, KINNIYA MAGAUTHTHU jungles and THERUMAVELI areas collected one pistol with two magazines, twelve 9 mm ammunition rounds, six T-56 weapons, five T-56 magazines, one hundred and seventy nine 7.62 ammunition, 15 m flexible wire, one 84-s weapon, one claymore mine, two hand grenades, one electric detonator, fifty one 84-s ammunition rounds, one trapped 81 mm mortar bomb and one hand grenade on Monday (25).