Three LTTE terrorists have been arrested in the Colombo suburbs during
a sting operation carried out by the Security Forces since Monday (5th
of February).
When the Army took the men in from Dematagoda, Athurugiriya and near
the Khettarama Stadium, they were in possession of a large haul of
explosives, arms and ammunition, Military Spokesman Brigadier Prasad
Samarasinghe told the weekly Defence briefing. He said the three men,
who posed off as journalists, had planned and attacks for the LTTE.
All three had possessed Media accreditation cards issued by the
Government Information Department Department. One had worked for a
newspaper named 'Hiru' and later for another named 'Akuna', but they
were both not national newspapers, he said.
According to the defence sources, the three terrorists are ethnic
Sinhalese who have involved in and abetted many terrorist attacks at
the innocent civilians in the South. The three suspects, all males are
said to have received large sum of money from the LTTE for their
service.
The anti-terror unit of the security forces made this arrest on
reliable information received by a civilian source. The terrorists
have already confessed that they had undergone military training at
several occasions under the LTTE leader Kapila Amman at LTTE training
bases in Kilinochchi.
As laid bare by the suspects the troops have also found a cache of
deadly weapons hidden at several locations in Colombo. The list of
items, so far recovered by the troops is as follows:
ITEM QUANTITY
High Explosives (C-4)
6 Kg
Sub Machine Guns (T-56)
4
Ammunitions (T-56)
449
Micro Pistols
2
Ammo Micro Pistol
49
Claymore Mines ( 1 kg)
2
Ammo Pistol (9mm)
50
Electronic Detonators
60
Meanwhile, the defence sources said that the suspect had declared
vital information on past and future attacks of the LTTE. However, the
officials refused to make further comments on the arrest since the
investigations are still continuing.
Ironically, the arrest has re****tedly caused a great havoc among those
pro terror media hooligans and other anti Sri Lankan movements that
depend on LTTE blood cash. Having feared that their dubious lives
might be exhumed soon, these terror proxies observed to have come up
with aimless protest campaigns, issuance of statements and with their
usual media propaganda missions to tarnish the good image of the
government.
The defence officials express their earnest gratitude to those
vigilant civilians who provided the vital information on the
terrorists, as their noble deed has saved hundreds of innocent lives
that would have ended up in another bloodbath.
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