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Feb 05, Vavuniya: Sri Lankan troops and police teams conducting search operations have found large stocks of explosives at different locations in Northern Sri Lanka, the Media Center for national Security said.
The Vavuniya police have recovered 29 gelignite sticks hidden in a bus traveling between Vavuniya and Mannar when it reached Parayanakulam roadblock yesterday. The police arrested the driver and the conductor of the bus for further investigations.
Meanwhile, troops conducting search and clear operations in the general areas of Iranamadu, Visuamadu, Kumulamunai, Puthukkudiyiruppu, Andankulam And Nandikandal on Thursday (04) recovered 6 suicide jackets, 300 kg of C-4 explosives, 5 claymore mines, 14 plastic barrels containing 7,000 anti personnel mines, 5 slabs of TNT explosives, 99 Rangan bombs, 5 kg of RDX explosives and one anti tank mine.
In addition the discovered arms stocks included mortar bombs, Rocket Propelled Grenades, detonators, artillery shells, claymore remote controls, and other bomb making items.
Eight months after the war, the troops are still finding colossal stocks of arms either left behind or hidden by the LTTE rebels in former northern battlefields.
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