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A possible "lorry bomb" nabbed- Colombo

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A possible "lorry bomb" nabbed- Colombo

Police Special Crime Investigation Division at Mirihana has arrested a person who allegedly purchased a deep- freezer lorry and modified it to carry explosives, arms and ammunition.

The suspect is believed to have spent Rs 2.5 million to acquire the lorry. The money has been credited to the suspect's bank account by two banks in Kilinochchi and Vavuniya.

The arrest was made at Mirihana on Monday the 4th of December as the lorry had been driven towards the Colombo city. When questioned the suspect told the police that the lorry would be taken to Trincomalee for transporting fish between Colombo and Trincomalee.

On information provided by the suspect, police arrested four others including a woman involved in the plot. Three of the suspects are from Matale and the other two from Kilinochchi areas.

The police told defence.lk, that the seller on the request of the suspect had welded the left sliding door of the freezer container so that it would not be able to open.

The Anti-Terror experts are in the opinion that the LTTE could have used the space of the freezer container to store a large amount of explosives that would be extremely difficult for the security personnel to detect.

The experts further revealed that the LTTE terrorists are desperately looking for new methods to carryout a huge genocide in the South as they did many times in the history. They also noted that the only reason that holds back the sinister motives of the terrorists is their inability transport a bomb with sufficient effect to the South that can cause a large kill. Tough security measures implemented in major cities have been able to curtail the terror activities to a minimum level. However, the Anti- Terror experts described that the unprecedented public support given to the security forces as the greatest difficulty for the terrorists to commit their evil deeds.

-defence.lk-

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