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Six
youths were arrested by the Piliyandala police after the suspects
purchased goods worth over ten million rupees from Super Markets using
Credit Cards belonging to a foreign businessman. Investigations
are now being conducted by the Terrorist Investigation Unit of Mount
Lavinia to look in to any possible links and to find out whether the
purchased had been dispatched to the LTTE. When the
suspects produced a Credit Card at the Super Market, Piliyandala after
purchasing cigarettes and milk powder worth about one lakh, the owner of
the shop on suspicion had informed the Piliyandala police. The police
after arriving immediately had arrested the suspects. Police
investigations have also revealed that the Credit Card belonged to a
Canadian and that several other purchases also had been done at Super
markets in Colombo and suburbs. Three
suspects are from Jaffna and Vavuniya, police revealed. Police
had recovered goods worth about 26 lakhs by April 26. Investigations
are now in progress.
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