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Lead going to Tiger areas? Police are investigating whether lead manufactured in an illicit factory in the Kalpitiya area close to the coast is being transported to LTTE-controlled areas by sea. The Wanathavillu police recently busted an illicit factory at Wembuwa in the Wanathavillu area manufacturing lead from discarded vehicle batteries. SSP Roshan Fernando told The Sunday Times that initial investigations had revealed the factory had been in operation for some time with its workers residing in the factory premises itself so that the whole operation could be kept undercover.
Four suspects, all from Chilaw, were taken in for questioning as a sequel to the raid. The suspects’ version that lead was being turned out in these factories for use by fishermen in their fishing nets is not being fully believed by the police. Police are now on the look out to make further arrests from areas such as Pubudugama and Wembuwa. Police said boats are being used to transport both the discarded batteries and the lead as transport over land is difficult in the area. |
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