Eastern Mindanao Command troopers arrested a New People's
Army (NPA) fighter during security operations at Sitio Sapdan, Barangay Casoon,
Monkayo town, Compostela
Valley
Col. Romeo Brawner, Eastern Mindanao Command spokesperson,
said soldiers from the 25th Infantry Battalion seized from Eugenio Piamonte,
alias "Nestor," an M-16 automatic rifle, 11 IEDs (improvised
explosive device), 10 pairs of police uniforms along with combat boots, another
10 pairs of Army uniforms with 25th IB patches, eight 40mm rounds, a home-made
M-79 tripod, linked machine gun ammunition and a flare.
Meanwhile, Lt. Col. Michelle Anayron, 25th Infantry
Battalion commanding officer, said that the bandit was very cooperative with
the troopers during the arrest and revealed the location of other rebel items.
"Because of the cooperation of 'Nestor', one more M-16
rifle, one M-14 rifle and two Garands have been recovered," Anayron said.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=756509
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