Buried drum yields firearm; NPA sightings more frequent

From the Manila Bulletin (Apr 29): Buried drum yields firearm; NPA sightings more frequent

Operating troops belonging to the army’s 50th Infantry Battalion (50th IB) discovered a drum buried in the ground that contained an armalite and subversive documents of New People’s Army (NPA) in Barangay Apatan, Pinukpuk, Kalinga province yesterday morning.

Major General Paul T. Atal, commander of the army’s 5th Infantry Division (5ID), said troopers were on security patrol at 6 a.m. when they discovered the drum believed buried by members of the Komiteng Larangan Guerrilla Baggas, a local guerrilla unit of NPA that operates in the area.

Apart from an M16A1 rifle, the drum also contained detonating cord, detonating fuse and subversive documents.

In a related development, the Cagayan Police Provincial Office (PPO) recorded 989 sightings of NPA rebels in the 12 towns of the province.

Chief Inspector Santos Valdovizo said there are two main groups of communist rebels operating in Cagayan – the west committee led by Christina Garcia, and the east committee headed by David Soriano. Together, their members are scattered over 89 barangays in the province.

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