Lankan forces bust biggest-ever secret LTTE arms dump

The joint operation of the Army and police busted a big hidden arms dump at Iranamadu and Nanthikadal in the Kilinochchi district,where 6,250 kilos of C-4 explosives were found,police said.

The sandy Nanthikadal lagoon,was the site where the Tamil Tigers commanded by their supreme leader Velupillai Prabhakaran made their last stand.

Superintendent Ajith Rohana,the police spokesman said,8221;This is the largest ever quantity of explosives uncovered8221;.

He said the explosives were contained in 200 bags and hidden in a bunker used by the LTTE during their days of the military campaign.

Rohana said in the adjoining Mullaithivu district another 300 kgs of C-4 were uncovered in the Puthukudyiruppu area along with other weaponry.

Kilinochchi and Mullaithivu served as the LTTE8217;s administrative and military capitals respectively during their three-decades old campaign to carve out a separate Tamil homeland.