NPA arms cache seized in Davao de Oro
CAMP QUINTIN MERECIDO, Buhangin, Davao City – A cache of firearms belonging to the CPP-NPA (Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army) rebel group was seized in Sitio Liboton, Bgy. Andap, New Bataan, Davao de Oro.
In a report to PRO11 Director Brig. Gen. Benjamin Silo Jr., Davao de Oro Police Commander Col. Leonard Luna said members of the Provincial Intelligence Unit, 1st and 2nd Davao de Oro Police Mobile Force Company, together with 1101st Regional Mobile Force Battalion (RFMB), 11 Special Action Battalion/Special Action Force (SAB/SAF) and personnel from Philippine Army’s 66th and 1001st Brigade were dispatched to the area after rebel surrenderee alias “Win-win”, a member of Regional Operations Command-Southern Mindanao Regional Committee (ROC-SMRC), confirmed the location of the firearms.
The operating team recovered three AK-47 rifles with two 30-round magazines and one M16 rifle with an attached M203 grenade launcher, which the rebel group buried in Sitio Libotan.
The firearms are now under the custody of the 1st Davao de Oro Provincial Mobile Force Company.
Silo lauded his men for the operation, saying, “The recovery of the arms cache will definitely weaken the rebels’ defense.” By Bernard Galang
