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Sri Lanka: law enforcement units seized helicopter components destined to Tamil Tigers

Colombo, Sri Lanka - A Police's and an Air Force's investigation have been started in the Asian country

Sri Lanka’s armed forces and Police would have intercepted two suspicious lorries bound for a not-clarified area where the Tamil Tigers movement is able to exert a certain influence. Such vehicles were carrying helicopter components which have been seized by Colombo’s authorities and entrusted in particular to the Asian country’s Air Force in order to start the necessary technical investigations, thoug...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 122445
Rome, Italy, 06/20/2005 18:29
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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