15 July 2011 09:40 am Views - 5936
By Supun Dias
The army has unearthed a large number of artillery and ammunition including 1,555 120mm mortar bombs, 27,000 rounds of ammunition used for 12.7 mm guns and 15,000 rounds of ammunition used for 7.52mm guns in Polloly, Vannivilankulam, Kokavil and Udayarkattukulam.
Military Spokesman Major General Ubaya Medawala said that they unearthed nine hundred and fifty-four 81 mm mortar bombs, three thousand 86 pounder bombs and fifty 130 mm projectiles during the massive search operation which was conducted on Thursday.
Four 250 Kg air bombs without explosives and six, 250 Kg air bombs with explosives, three claymore mines, one torpedo and 2000 rounds of ammunition used for Multi Purpose Machine Guns (MPMG) were also found by the army during the search operation.