Posted to Kalinaw News (May 3, 2021): Suppliers of Improvised Explosive Device components arrested in Jolo, Sulu
Camp Bautista, Jolo, Sulu – Joint law enforcement operations of the Joint Task Force – Sulu and Philippine National Police on May 2, 2021 resulted in the arrest of bomb component traders in Jolo, Sulu.
Joint Task Force – Sulu and 11th Infantry Division Commander Maj. Gen. William N Gonzales identified the personalities arrested for violation of RA 1059 or the Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Act and RA 9516 or Illegal/ Unlawful Possession, Manufacture, Dealing In, Acquisition or Disposition of Firearms, Ammunition or Explosives as Akkang Suraili Omaron of Brgy Tulay, Jolo and Mardan Dammang Jamasali from Brgy Latih, Patikul.
Through the efforts of the 15th Civil Military Operations Battalion and collaboration with the 7th Special Action Battalion, PNP SAF under PLt. Col. Balinang, they were able to execute a buy-bust operation. Seized from their possession were the marked money, ammunition of caliber .45 pistols and improvised explosive device components to include several blasting caps, assorted sizes of time fuse cord, about a kilogram of suspected ammonium nitrate, 81mm mortal shell, nails, marbles, aluminum pipes and wire switches. This was made possible after a concerned citizen tip-off and was brought to the attention of 15 Civil Military Operations (15CMO) Battalion which was conducting Community Support Program at Brgy San Raymundo, Jolo. Other units involved in the operation were the Metro Jolo Inter-Agency Task Group and 35th Infantry Battalion.
According to Lt. Col. Nelicar Corsino, Commander 15CMOBn, the arrested suspects Omaron and Jamsali were the suppliers of IED components used during the August 24, 2020 Jolo twin blast.
Furthermore, Maj. Gen. Gonzales. “The capture of the suppliers is a significant development as the components they trade are really devastating if assembled as a bomb. These people who make bombings possible are as twisted as the bombers themselves. Fortunately, us – the police and the military – are backed by the local government and the masses in the province. All of us are hoping and optimistic that we will soon neutralize remaining Abu Sayyaf Group leaders in Sulu.”
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