Parcel officers smuggling goods for LTTE -Rameswaram (India)
With security tightened in the coastal belts, persons supplying explosives and essential commodities to the LTTE are using services of parcel offices to smuggle the contraband, a top police official said on Saturday.
The items are sent by parcel to Ramanathapuram from where it would be smuggled to the militant outfit, an official of the Q-Branch, special wing dealing with militant activities, told PTI.
After interrogating three persons including a sub-inspector, the branch seized huge quantities of copper wires, rewinding machines and Nylon from a Parcel office at Paramakudi about 40 km from Ramanathapuram, meant for the LTTE, he said.
The seizure followed the arrest of the sub-inspector attached to the Armed Reserver Police, Tirunelveli, and two others in connection with the supply of country made pistols bullets and illegal fire arms to some persons, he said.
The Q branch inspector said eight bundles of copper wire, ten Baskets of Nylon Materials, a motor rewinding machine, nine bundles of special wire for rewinding mini-motors, 1000 battery cells and one lakh worth of cosmetics were seized.
This is the first time that the police have come across smuggling goods for the LTTE through regular transport parcel service, a top official said.
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The items are sent by parcel to Ramanathapuram from where it would be smuggled to the militant outfit, an official of the Q-Branch, special wing dealing with militant activities, told PTI.
After interrogating three persons including a sub-inspector, the branch seized huge quantities of copper wires, rewinding machines and Nylon from a Parcel office at Paramakudi about 40 km from Ramanathapuram, meant for the LTTE, he said.
The seizure followed the arrest of the sub-inspector attached to the Armed Reserver Police, Tirunelveli, and two others in connection with the supply of country made pistols bullets and illegal fire arms to some persons, he said.
The Q branch inspector said eight bundles of copper wire, ten Baskets of Nylon Materials, a motor rewinding machine, nine bundles of special wire for rewinding mini-motors, 1000 battery cells and one lakh worth of cosmetics were seized.
This is the first time that the police have come across smuggling goods for the LTTE through regular transport parcel service, a top official said.
Extracted from,
http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=447474&sid=REG
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