Alleged LTTE weapon dealer sentenced in Switzerland
An alleged LTTE operative in Switzerland has been
given the maximum sentence of 45 months for his role in the theft of 80
assault rifles from a Swiss military depot two years ago.
The district court in canton Bern handed a sentence of
42 months to one of the three Swiss defendants, and gave suspended
sentences of 14 and 24 months to two accompliees, Swiss news agencies
reported.
According to the news sources, one of the thieves a
Sri Lankan fugitive have been working for the internationally banned
terrorist outfit LTTE. He has been the LTTE agent in connection of
smuggling the weapons into Sri Lanka. They were caught out by an
undercover agent and eventually arrested. Most of their booty stolen
from a depot in canton Fribourg was recovered, the news sources further
said.
The court ruled in favour of the harsh sentences
because, it said, the terrorist suspects were unconcerned by the
suffering the weapons could cause. The news agencies citing Swiss
military sources said that, more than 4,300 army guns has been, lost or
stolen over the past ten years. |
