COLOMBO, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- The arrests of two female cadres of the former Tamil Tiger rebels have led to the discover of suicide bomb kits, police said Tuesday.

    The police arrested two members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels at Vavuniya in the north on Tuesday.

    One of them committed suicide by swallowing cyanide. The arrested woman cadre's information led to the discovery of bomb kits, police said.

    The LTTE's three-decade-old campaign for a separate Tamil homeland in the north and east was ended in May with all its territory retaken by the government troops.

    About 300,000 Tamil civilians formerly living in the LTTE controlled areas are now being housed in several welfare villages in the north waiting to be resettled to their original homes.