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Seized rocket launcher was smuggled to India from Sri Lanka
Rameswaram, Sept 23: The rocket launcher seized from a shop of a Dravidar Kazhagam functionary here yesterday, had been smuggled into India by a couple of militants from Sri Lanka, according to an official of the coastal area protection force.
Rameswaram, Sept 23: The rocket launcher seized from
a shop of a Dravidar Kazhagam functionary here yesterday, had
been smuggled into India by a couple of militants from Sri
Lanka, according to an official of the coastal area protection
force.
The militants, who brought the 4.5 ft rocket launcher
along with ammunition in a boat, had escaped as soon as the
news about the seizure of the weapons spread, the official
told a news agency on condition of anonymity.
A massive hunt had been launched to arrest the militants and seize the boat which brought them to India.
He also said the arrival of the local police alerted the militants who escaped. They had actually brought the two consignments -- one was drugs including morphine, brown sugar and ammunition for ak-47 rifle marked "kms" and the second was a rocket launcher and a round of ammunition for it.
A massive hunt had been launched to arrest the militants and seize the boat which brought them to India.
He also said the arrival of the local police alerted the militants who escaped. They had actually brought the two consignments -- one was drugs including morphine, brown sugar and ammunition for ak-47 rifle marked "kms" and the second was a rocket launcher and a round of ammunition for it.
He said while the first consignment had been left at the
hardware shop of the Dravidar Kazhagam functionary, the second
consignment had been shifted to a lorry service office from
the hardware shop, which was seized only at the lorry office.
The police has now arrested five persons including the
hardware shop owner, a tri-cycle operator, two employees of
the shop and a head-loadman, who had unloaded the consignment
at the lorry booking office from the tri-cycle.
Bureau Report