From the Philippine News Agency (Mar 31, 2022): Cops collar NPA money courier in Surigao Sur (By Alexander Lopez)
Google map of Tago municipality, Surigao del Sur.
Police operatives arrested a suspected money courier of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) in Tago, Surigao del Sur, during the serving of a search warrant for loose firearms on Thursday.
In a statement, Brig. Gen. Romeo Caramat Jr., the Police Regional Office – Caraga (PRO-13) director, identified the suspect as Charice Tawede Jacinto, 32, an alleged member of the NPA Guerrilla Front 19, North Eastern Mindanao Regional Committee.
Seized from the suspect was a .45-caliber pistol bearing the serial number S23079 with a magazine containing four live rounds of ammunition.
The search warrant was issued by the Regional Trial Court Branch 41 in Cantilan, Surigao del Sur.
“According to Tago municipal police station, Jacinto serves as a courier-money collector for the armed group and assigned primarily in extorting money from farmers, laborers, and stores in the area,” Caramat said.
The suspect is currently detained at the Tago police station while charges for violation of the Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act are being prepared against him.
The Communist Party of the Philippines-NPA is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Philippines.
The National Democratic Front has been formally designated as a terrorist organization by the Anti-Terrorism Council on June 23, 2021, citing it as “an integral and inseparable part” of the CPP-NPA created in April 1973.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1171068
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