Kalinaw News: Surrendered NPA leader tipped Arms Cache in Davao Oriental

From Kalinaw News (Aug 18, 2022): Surrendered NPA leader tipped Arms Cache in Davao Oriental

Mati City, Davao Oriental- Sergio Balante Catampao Aka BAYTOL and Leylord Delommes Generale Aka RADZ who recently surrendered to the government troops, tipped off to the Joint Intelligence units under the supervision of 701Bde including the intelligence personnel of 66IB, 48IB and the PNP, the location of the arms cache of Weekend Guerilla Front 18, Southern Regional Command 2, Southern Mindanao Regional Committee. Before their surrender, Aka Baytol was the former Executive Committee member of the Southern Regional Command 2, and Aka Radz was the former Team Leader of Abe of Weekend Guerilla Front 18 which operates in the areas of Davao de Oro and Davao Oriental.

Gaining information from the surrendered NPA leaders, troops under 701st Infantry (Kagitingan) Brigade and the PNP launched an intelligence operation of composite units to verify the location of an armed cache left by their group.

On August 17, 2022, the composite team successfully discovered the arms cache which contains two (2) M16A1 Rifle, one (1) Granade Launcher, and one M14 Rifle at the hinterlands of Purok Mancludo, Brgy San Isidro, Lupon, Davao Oriental.The recovered firearms were:- Two (2) M16A1 rifles with serial number RP201144 and serial number (defaced)- One (1) attached grenade launcher with a serial number (defaced); and- One (1) M14 rifle with a serial number(defaced).

BGEN OLIVER C MAQUILING PA, 701st Brigade was very grateful for the full cooperation of the recently “Friends Rescued” former NPA leaders. BGEN MAQUILING is in high hopes when he expressed, “With the recent continuous surrenders of the dwindling members of the NPA’s Weakened Guerrilla Front 18 (WGF18), our aspiration for peaceful communities in the Davao region is becoming a reality. As more of their high-powered Firearms is surrendered, there is no doubt that the remnants of WGF18 are about to go down and be one with all peaceful Davaenos.”

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