Ex-LTTE cadre, wife and sister arrested with firearms, explosives

A former LTTE cadre has been arrested along with a T-56 rifle at Serunuwara area, the Police Media Spokesperson SP Ruwan Gunasekara said.

On information received by an officer of the Serunuwara Army Camp near the Kiliweddi Bridge in Serunuwara Police Division, Army officers on Friday have arrested a suspect with a T-56 rifle and handed him over to the Serunuwara Police Station.

The suspect was identified as Joseph Peter Robinson, a 36-year-old resident of 442, Ambalkulam, Kilinochchi.

The officers of Kilinochchi Police have been notified of the arrest and during further investigations, the officers have found a stock of weapons and explosives hidden in his house at the given address in Kilinochchi.

Among the seized weapons were three SFG 87 hand grenades, two Arges hand grenades, a small amount of C4, 62 9-mm ammo, nine 7-mm ammo, one T-56 weapon, 154 T-56 live ammunition, one Long Range Semi-Automatic Rifle, one magazine, two detonator cords, 62 different types of detonators, five MGM live ammo, one knife, a GPS, a Sony Camera, binoculars, a laptop, a dongle, an antenna, a mobile phone, four tee-shirts with Prabhakaran’s picture and a black mask.

The suspect has been identified as a former LTTE member. Kilinochchi Police have also arrested a 23-year-old woman said to be suspect’s wife and a 28-year-old woman identified as the sister of the suspect who were residents of the suspect’s house. (ColomboPage)