Government troops have seized an abandoned New People’s Army (NPA) camp in a village in
Army Lt. Col. Noel Vestuir, commanding officer of the 20th Infantry Battalion, said the camp, located at
Recovered from the camp were four .38-caliber revolvers.
Vestuir said the rebels apparently hastily abandoned the camp after they learned that government forces were on their way to the area.
“The camp was seized after the 20IB launched sustained combat operations in the area in response to the information tipped-in by some residents in the nearby barangays of the presence of armed men roaming in the area,” Vestuir said.
“They were enforcing their permit to campaign strategy, extorting money and foodstuff from the people and as well as from politicians,” he added.
According to Vestuir, the camp had 15 bunkers that can accommodate more or less 20 people, a kitchen, a comfort room and three outposts.
“The recent accomplishments by the 20IB troops against the NPAs in the area have disrupted the impending terroristic activities that are being hatched by the NPA. The government troops has dislodged them from their guerilla camps and cut-off their supply support lines that they forcibly take from the residents in the area,” he said.
The discovery and seizure of the said camp in the area, he claimed, was made possible by the information provided by residents of the area.
"The seizure of the said NPA encampment and the recovery of their firearms was a big blow to the NPA. It is the seventh NPA camp recovered by the military since January," the military official said.
In 2012, a total of 131 NPA camps were seized or discovered by the military. Eight of these camps were recovered after a firefight and 123 others were seized without resistance.
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