POTENTIAL DANGER – Pipe bombs are stacked over each other as a huge cache of explosives and ammunition is discovered by the 16th Special Forces Company in the mountainous area of Sitio Tingtingon, Barangay Bitaugan in San Miguel, Surigao del Sur, Friday. (Photo courtesy of 402nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division)
Camp Bancasi, Butuan City – Military troops found a large cache of bombs and live ammunition in a far-flung area in Surigao del Sur that was described as enough to blow up government facilities and inflict substantial casualties to civilian communities and patrolling soldiers, according to First Lt.Tere Ingente, regional Army spokesperson of the Northeastern and Northern Mindanao Fourth Infantry Division (4th ID), on Sunday.
Ingente said the location of the arms cache in Sitio Tingtingon, Barangay Bitaugan in San Miguel, Surigao del Sur was pinpointed by former New People’s Army (NPA) members, who recently surrendered to the government, as well as local residents.
Troops from the 16th Special Forces Company (16th SFCoy), operational control (Opcon) unit of the Army’s 402nd Infantry Brigade went to the area on Friday, and found the cache with 34 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and 635 assorted live ammunition, the 4th ID spokesperson said.
“The people of San Miguel just saved their own lives by tipping us off with the exact location of the IEDs and ammunitions, and it shows that they are concerned about their security,” Ingente noted.
The recovered items were immediately brought to the headquarters of the 16th SF Coy for further inventory of the other seized war materials, she added.
This developed as the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has deployed additional troops to the Army Brigade with the objective of crush the remaining NPA terrorists in Northeastern Mindanao or Caraga region and Northern Mindanao region.
The new brigade, which was pulled out from Daraga, Albay, arrived at the headquarters of the Army’s Northeastern and Northern Mindanao 4th ID in Camp Edilberto Evangelista, Cagayan de Oro City on Thursday.
https://news.mb.com.ph/2018/02/18/bombs-live-ammo-found-in-surigao-del-sur/
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