16.5.2008
Steel balls concealed
in Paint containers sent to North by a Businessman in
Colombo.
The
Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) and the Criminal
Investigation Department (CID) launched a full-scale investigation
into a clandestine operation where steel balls concealed
in 'Paint' containers were sent to the North.
According
to Police, these steel balls are used in manufacturing
bombs to intensify the disaster caused by the explosion.
The
secret place located in Peliyagoda was a company registered
for manufacturing paints and other crude- waste based
products, which belonged to a rich Tamil businessman.
According to information received so far the owner of
the company was a regular visitor to foreign countries.
Initial
ingestions have revealed that the existing policy of the
LTTE of charging taxes from every vehicle that entering
areas controled by the them, has not been applicable for
these vehicles that go into Killinochchi.
Also
it is reported that this company used to sell petroleum
based tar at a higher rate to the retail buyers which
are obtained from the Petroleum Corporation. The Police
are carrying a separate investing to this incident as
well.
The
Police teams investigating the incident are of the view
that the owner of this company continued to maintain a
long term relationship with the LTTE terrorist and may
have assisted the terrorists to carry attacks in the south.