SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao -- Soldiers assigned in Maguindanao have recovered high powered guns in two separate areas and arrested one man, the military here bared on Sunday.
On Saturday, joint forces of Datu Piang Municipal Police Station and Army’s 2nd Mechanized Infantry Battalion recovered a firearm during the conduct of law enforcement support operation in Barangay Buayan, Datu Piang, Maguindanao.
Capt. Arvin John Encinas, speaking for the Army’s 6th Infantry Division (6ID), said soldiers seized one Ingram with magazine, two bandoleers for M16 Armalite rifle and two bandoleers for Garand rifle which were hidden in the grassy area of Barangay Buayan.
On Friday, elements of the 57th Infantry Battalion recovered an M-16 rifle from the house of Alimudin Sangcopan, an alleged member of private armed group, in Barangay Labo-labo here.
The soldiers were patrolling Barangay Labo-Labo when a resident informed them that a man with a gun was in a hut.
When soldiers approached Sangcopan’s home, he voluntarily surrendered.
Major Gen. Arnel dela Vega, 6ID commander, lauded the operating units and vowed that the Army would continue to support the local police to get rid Maguindanao of unlicensed guns.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1025605
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