LTTE supporter arrested near Tuticorin

An activist of Sri Lanka's Tamils National Movement (TNM) was arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle explosive materials near Tuticorin by the Intelligence Department .

The person named Prabhakaran, also an ardent supporter of the LTTE, and two others were being questioned at an undisclosed place in Tuticorin City.

The sources said Prabhakaran was making arrangements to send a large quantity of steel balls, used as "raw material for mines and grenades", when he was intercepted by intelligence officials.