From the Manila Times (Apr 6): NPA leader, female cohort collared in Negros Occidental
GOVERNMENT security forces arrested Friday evening a communist rebel leader and his female companion at a checkpoint in a remote village in Negros Occidental, officials said Saturday.
Western Visayas regional police commander Chief Supt. Agrimero Cruz Jr., in a report sent to Camp Crame identified the two as Reniel Cellion alias Kumpol and Mary Jean Magkikat.
Cellion, according to the police official is a leader of New People’s Army (NPA) operating in Negros Occidental.
Cruz said the two were arrested by elements of the Negros Occidental Provincial Police Office while conducting checkpoint operations at around 8:40 p.m. at Brgy. Dancalan, Ilog town of the said province.
Cruz said the two were in a Suzuki Carry van (YHU-142) flagged down at a checkpoint by elements of the Ilog municipal police station.
Police confiscated from the pair a hand grenade, a .45 pistol and a .22 pistol. They are now under the custody of the Ilog Municipal Police station.
http://www.manilatimes.net/index.php/news/regions/44890-npa-leader-female-cohort-collared-in-negros-occidental
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.