Cordon, search operation in Trincomalee stepped up
[TamilNet, Saturday, 28 February 2009, 21:04 GMT]
Sri Lanka Police and the Sri Lanka Army have stepped up its patrolling
and cordon and search operations in the Trincomalee town and its
suburbs, where Tamils live in majority. On Friday the police took
about five Tamil youths into custody in the Uppuveli Police division
alleging that they were strangers to the locality and subjected them
for severe interrogation.
Meanwhile, police at all checkpoints in the town stop all cyclists,
motorists and pedestrians and subject them to thorough investigation
and examine their belongings minutely. Bags and baggage of commuters
in bus stand and railway station in Trincomalee town are also
subjected to severe search by security personnel before they undertake
their journey,
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