The 'Q' branch Police yesterday (July 30) arrested a Sri Lankan Tamil alleged for procuring major consignments including explosive substances for the internationally proscribed terrorist outfit, LTTE.

Following specific information given by the State Intelligence, the 'Q' branch Police arrested J. Thambi Annan alias Daniel, 46, a resident of Kilinochchi, The Hindu reported citing the Director General of Police, K.P Jain. The 'Q' branch Police stating the importance of the catch said that the suspect has been heading the procuring arm of the outfit and had played an instrumental role in smuggling warlike items, explosives from India and other parts of the world to the LTTE.

"He was involved in the attempts to smuggle consignments of aluminium ingots and ball bearings, which were intercepted and seized by the Police in Ramanathapuram and Madurai districts in the recent months", the Police Chief was quoted further saying.

He also asserted that the confessions provided by the terrorist operative could give leads to the source and supply network of the LTTE. The arrest comes in the wake of two bombings in the densely populated suburbs of Ahamedabad and Banglore which left at least 48 dead and 161 injured last week.

LTTE is an internationally banned ruthless terrorist outfit that has been fighting for a mono ethnic separate homeland for the Tamils in Sri Lanka since 1983. During its 3 decades of existence the outfit has pioneered a large number of terror tactics particularly in the field of suicide bombing, that have been soon copied by the other terror organizations in the world.