(UTV|COLOMBO) – Sri Lanka Army troops manning two separate roadblocks detected and seized explosives and cannabis being transported in two buses yesterday, on two separate occasions.
The Army Media Unit said Army troops of the Security Force HQ-Wanni manning a roadblock at Neriyakulam along Vavuniya – Mannar road during a search, conducted on a Mannar bound private bus detected 51 gelignite sticks, weighing about 6.8 kg last evening.
Troops at the roadblock took both the driver and the conductor of the bus into custody and handed them over to Cheddikulam Police station for further investigations.
Meanwhile, troops manning a roadblock near Kebithigollewa along Kebithigollewa–Horowpothana road also arrested two suspects, in possession of 2 kg of Kerala cannabis on board a Sri Lanka Transport Board bus yesterday.
Sri Lanka National Guard troops of the Security Force HQ-Wanni arrested the two suspects and handed them over to the Kebithigollewa Police station for further investigations.