Troops recover bombs aboard abandoned motorboat off Zambo

From the Philippine News Agency (Jan 18): Troops recover bombs aboard abandoned motorboat off Zambo

The police are conducting a thorough probe to determine who were behind the attempt to sneak improvised bombs and bomb-making components into this city’s mainland.

Chief Insp. Rogelio Alabata, Police Regional Office- (PRO-9) information officer, disclosed the combined police and Navy operatives have recovered the explosives around 12:20 p.m. Saturday in the vicinity of Sacol Island, this city.

Sacol Island, which consists of four barangays, is located around 30 kilometers east of City Hall and is still part of this city.

Alabata said the joint police and Navy personnel were on seaborne patrol when they sighted an abandoned motor boat.

Alabata said the troops have recovered aboard the motor boat the following: three Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs); three improvised blasting caps; wires; nails; and, three containers of one-liter each motor oil, including two filled with ammonium nitrate and mixed with gasoline.

The IEDs and bomb-making components were recovered following reports that a group of unidentified people were planning to infiltrate this city.

Both the police and military forces are on red alert since last week.

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