Several suspicious items seized during search operations

(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – The Army says extensive cordon and search operations are being carried out across the country, for terrorists, hideouts, explosives, weapons and other items.

The Army said in Pulmoddai 89 detonators, 32 pieces of detonator cords, 8 Water Gel Tubes, 2 detonator chargers and several other objects were found.

Meanwhile, troops recovered 4 number plates from Madurankuliya and arrested 2 suspects as they could not furnish a reason for their possession.

The Army also arrested five persons in possession of machetes, two swords, several mobile phones, photos taken in Police uniforms, ISIS video clips and literature.

Furthermore in search operations in Monaragala and Hambantota several Army uniforms, 2 swords and packets of cannabis were recovered.

Meanwhile in 603 house searches, 27 suspects were arrested and two swords, one bore gun with 10 ammunition, one air rifle, three safety fuses, National Thowheed Jamath books and documents, four NTJ banners, seventeen NTJ T-shirts, five NTJ recruiting applications, six fake birth certificates, six fake NICs, eleven fake passports, eleven fake vehicle number plates, one fake driving license, six bank slips, sixteen mobile phones, eighteen sim cards, three memory cards, one motor bike, seventy-six NTJ CDs, four video cameras, fifteen cassette recorders, and two boxes containing 600 syringes that are not available in Sri Lanka were found.