Sri Lankan police arrest two Tamils over LTTE caps

Jun 3, 2016
Sri Lankan police have arrested two Tamil men for allegedly being in possession of caps bearing the LTTE insignia, the Daily News reported.

According to the news site the men from Vavuniya, Mahadevan and Devadasan, were sending the caps abroad. The parcel was intercepted however, after Sri Lankan authorities determined the "from" address was "suspicious".

Terrorism Investigation Division officers arrested the two Tamils on Wednesday near the post office in Vavuniya.

The court has remanded them in custody till June 15th.

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