Six Tamils arrested in Mannaar

[TamilNet, Monday, 03 December 2007, 10:19 GMT]
Mannaar Police Monday around 7:00 a.m. took six Tamils including two women into custody in the bazaar area of the Mannaar town. Police alleged that the women, being detained in Mannaar police station, were members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE).

The two women are residents of Nanaaddaan and Madukka'rai areas in the district.

Two of the four arrested males are residents of Kotahena in Colombo district. Police said that they were taken into custody at the Mannaar bus stand on a report on their suspicious movement. The remaining two Tamil youths are residents of Mannaar.

The six suspects are to be produced in Mannaar court shortly after the conclusion of the interrogation, being carried out by the Terrorist Intelligence Department of the Sri Lankan Police.