NPA rebel yields explosives

From Tempo (Apr 29): NPA rebel yields explosives

Troopers belonging to 25th Infantry Battalion arrested on Sunday afternoon a member of the New People’s Army (NPA) and seized from him a cache of explosives and ammunition in Sitio Sapdan, Barangay Casoon in Monkayo town, Compostela Valley province.

Col. Romeo Brawner, Jr., spokesperson of Eastern Mindanao Command (Eastmincom) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), identified the captured rebel as Eugenio Piamonte alias Nestor. Brawner said the government troopers were conducting security patrol in the area when Piamonte was arrested.

Recovered from him were one M16 rifle, 11 unexploded improvised explosive device (IEDs), 10 pairs of police uniform with combat boots, 10 pairs of Army uniform with 25th IB patches, eight pieces of 40mm ammunition, one home-made M79 tripod, linked machinegun ammunitions, and a flare.

Lt. Col. Michelle Anayron, commander of 25th IB, told the media here that Piamonte, after the conduct of investigations, had cooperated with the authorities and revealed the location of other firearms hidden by the rebels. The Army was able to recover one more M16 rifle, one M14 rifle, and two Garand rifles, Anayron said.

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