(UTV|COLOMBO) – Naval Personnel attached to the Eastern Naval Command together with Officials of Trincomalee Police recovered a cache of explosives during a search conducted in the beach area of Erakkandi, Trincomalee on Wednesday (06).
During the search, the troops managed to find 14 non-electric detonators, 3 water gel sticks, 4 chargers, and a safety fuse of 1 1/2 feet. The stock of explosives was handed over to the Trincomalee Police for onward investigation.
Meanwhile, a group of Naval Personnel of the same Naval area recovered a pressure mine of corrosive condition, during a search conducted in the general area of Kokilai in Pulmodai yesterday. Having taken it safely to the Naval Base, SLNS Ranweli, the mine was defused.
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