Thursday, April 17, 2008

Lorry with Explosives Nabbed at Roadblock

A ROUTINE SEARCH conducted on vehicles at a roadblock in PETHAVADIYA, KALPITIYA area found a lorry carrying explosives to an undisclosed party.

The explosives in the lorry contained six hundred and sixty-three bags of gelignite, each containing one hundred and fifty sticks and seven rolls of 35 ft-long detonator codes.

The search was conducted at about 10.00 p.m. on Wednesday (16).

Two men in the lorry were taken in for questioning with regard to the recovery.

The KALPITIYA Police are conducting investigations.

Extracted from,
http://www.army.lk/morenews.php?id=12427

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