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Cache of weapons found at Oluvil
View(s):Investigations to ascertain who buried the cache of weapons and explosives -recovered from a secluded land in Palamunai, Akkaraipattu- are ongoing.
The goat shed under which the cache of weapons was discovered
The detection was made during investigations into associates of the mastermind behind Easter Sunday attack -Zahran Hashim.
Police found a T-56 firearm, a magazine and 23 live rounds of T-56 ammunition as well as a parcel containing two timing-watches, four water jell sticks, seven locally made detonators, two cords of wire, two types of unidentified gun powder, four batteries and two small parcels of amonia and urea.
The haul of weapons and explosives were recovered on Wednesday (18), buried under a goat-shed situated in the vicinity of the Oluvil Harbour. The discovery was made following information received from the State Intelligence Service (SIS) unit in Ampara.
On information given by “Kalmunai Shiyam” -a close associate of Zahran Hashim a hardcore member of the National Thowheed Jamaath (NTJ), investigators recovered around 3,000 CDs containing extremist literature.
Shiyam also provided information which led investigators to recover Rs.5 million used for terrorist financing and a laptop thought to have belonged to Zahran.
Investigators are now trying to ascertain whether Shiyam deliberately concealed information about the haul of weapons and explosives or whether they had been buried in the land by someone else.
Text and pix by Wasantha Chandrapala
Section of the haul of weapons unearthed near the Oluvil harbour.
Some of the CDs containing extremist literature