SL forces recover gold jewellery from a treasure

Sri Lankan troops have recovered over 650 million rupees worth gold jewellery that had been in the LTTE possession during the humanitarian operations in the North, according to the defence authorities.

The valuables belonged to the civilians in the North were in the possession of the LTTE when the troops marched in and captured the LTTE held territory earlier in the year.

All the recovered jewellery valued at 659.5 million rupees had been handed over to the authorities of the Bank of Ceylon and the People's Bank with the details of their owners. 

Jewellery valued at 618.7 million rupees had been given to the Peoples Bank and the rest valued at 40.8 million rupees has been given to the Bank of Ceylon.