The ‘Q’ Branch police on Saturday arrested an LTTE suspect who was allegedly acting as an agent of the LTTE in Chennai, the Hindu reported.

Police said that the accused Ameer Anthony Paranthaman of Jaffna had planned to transfer communication devices and chemicals to Sri Lanka via Rameshwaram. He and his wife had settled in Chennai and were running a travel agency.

According to an official press release, Ameer was apprehended at the Tambaram bus terminus and a satellite phone was seized from him.

Upon interrogation, he revealed that he had received two consignments with eight GPS devices, three satellite phones, two cell phone repeaters and 500 kg of ammonium nitrate sent by two LTTE agents from Switzerland.

Ameer had placed the communication devices and the chemical in custody of one Ashok Kumar of Acharappakkam.

He was awaiting a green signal from LTTE members Kannan and Prakash in Sri Lanka to transport the goods to them via boat from Rameshwaram, said the release.

Police seized the communication gadgets including GPS devices and satellite phones and the ammonium nitrate packed in 10 sacks.

Ameer was later remanded to judicial custody, the press release added.