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Sri Lanka - Customs officials who worked for Pottu Amman arrested
Wednesday, 10 March 2010 - 8:27 AM SL Time
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The police investigating covert LTTE operations in the city and its suburbs have arrested two Customs officers for their alleged involvement with LTTE intelligence chief Shanmugalingam Sivashankar alias Pottu Amman.
Acting on information elicited from an LTTE operative, the Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) took them into custody. Government sources told The Island last night that the suspects had met Pottu Amman in the Vanni in 2004, during a ceasefire agreement arranged by the Norwegian government. Sources alleged that the suspects had cooperated with the LTTE to facilitate transfer of specific items needed by the LTTE through the Colombo harbour.
Sources said that the LTTE had agents both at the Bandaranaike International Airport and the Colombo Harbour to help bring in contraband.
One of the suspects now being interrogated is from a very affluent family.
The Defence Ministry said that a section of the Customs had strongly opposed some of the security measures proposed by the government to stop the LTTE using the Colombo Harbour as a transit point. A senior ministry spokesman said that they expected to make a breakthrough in their investigations into covert LTTE operations during the war.
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cgudu
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 11 Mar 2010 13:18:22 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Not only in the Department of Customs, but also in every other places there are crooks, who supported the LTTE for quick bucks |
wick
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11 Mar 2010 16:15:49 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Hang them up side down and give chilli smoke with barbwire treatment. |
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