Stock of explosives found in Samanthurai, Ampara
Posted by Editor on April 26, 2019 - 8:18 pm
A very large stock of material used to manufacture bombs has been recovered during a joint raid in the Senthilgaman area in Samanthurai, Ampara.
This included several cans of fuel. The raid was conducted by the Police, STF and the Army.
A banner similar to that of the Islamic State was also recovered.
Police said the objects were detected based on information received by the State Intelligence Service.
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These is a so called Security council in Sri Lanka. They are supposed to meet every week. Do you know they haven’t met for 6 months? Mahinda Rajapakse lived in fools paradise after winning the LTTE terror war. After defeating MR, Yaha Palanaya Government living in a fools paradise. YP almost resolved the military/police intelligence units. Intelligence officers are in prison or demoted. Even the intelligence reports produced were not acted upon. This is the consequence of it!