6 NPA members nabbed in Compostela Valley

From the Sun Star-Davao (Mar 21): 6 NPA members nabbed in Compostela Valley

SIX regular members of the Communist Party of the Philippines- New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) were apprehended by authorities with the recovery of several war materials on Monday, March 19 in Mabini, Compostela Valley.

 

Captain Jerry Lamosao, 10th Infantry Division (ID) Division of Public Affairs Office (DPAO), said on March 19, at around 2:45pm., troops of 46th Infantry Battalion, conducted combat operations at Sitio Dasuran, Barangay Golden Valley, Mabini after receiving tip from a concerned citizen of armed men in their locality.

 

Seized from the possession of suspects were two Cal .45 pistol, one hand grenade, three improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and other personal belongings.

 

Lamosao said in an interview with one of the arrested individuals, identified as Rex Comania, alias Kevin, on March 20, he revealed that an M16 rifle was kept at the house of certain Junjun Ramos, thus, troops immediately conducted strike operations at Barangay Taglawig, Maco to locate it.

 

The troops recovered one R4 with serial number 002650-9.

 

Major General Noel S Clement, Commander 10ID, lauded the troops’ accomplishment and vowed to continue doing their mandate to protect the people against threats of insurgency and plot of attacks by the NPA.

 

He likewise emphasized that the troops’ information gathering has improved as people themselves in the community have become their partners in clearing their area out of red fighters.

 

“The people in the community are now more aware of the deceptions of the CPP-NPA terrorists. Many of the NPA supporters/victims have withdrawn their support to the terrorists as observed in the past months. With this, such manifestation of the people brought down the CPP-NPA terrorists’ influence in the area thereby making them irrelevant,” Clement added.

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