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Wednesday, January  06, 2010
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A special Police team on Monday, in a search operation in Vellamullivaikkal, in the Mullaitivu District, recovered the slain LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran’s personal weapon, an M 16 A 2 rifle with folding butt, and body armour along with a cache of weapons and explosives used by the terrorist outfit.

Nimal Lewke, DIG, North said, "This is the largest recovery of items used by the LTTE in the post war period."

The other items recovered included 250...

Deputy Inspector General of Police, North, Nimal Lewke, former head of the Police Commandos takes aim with slain LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran’s personal weapon, an M 16 A 2 rifle, which a special police team recovered at Vellamullivaikkal in the Mullaitivu District. Prabhakaran was said to be proud of this sophisticated gun which his cadres had seized from the Navy in 1985.

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