A special operation has been launched in the Ichchilampattu area in Trincomalee.
The Sri Lanka Army and the Navy along with the Police have launched the operation to apprehend suspects in relation to an indent where a T-56 weapon with several rounds of ammunition was found in a bag at Lanka Patuna beach near a Naval Detachment. According to preliminary investigations at around 6.30 pm on the 5th of this month a senior sailor from the nearby Naval Camp had seen two young males carrying something wrapped in a fertilizer bag.
Military Spokesman Ruwan Wanigasuriya said according to the sailor they had acted strangely. The sailor had approached them and the two suspects had escaped. In the melee, the bag was left on the beach. A T-56 weapon with ammunition was found in it. A joint Army, Navy and Police investigation is underway. So far, no arrests have been made.
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