Bomb-making materials found in Butuan

Authorities on Wednesday recovered components in making explosives and ammunition in Sitio Kauswagan, barangay Bitos, Butuan City.

Some 356 pieces of electric blasting caps with 5 meter-long leg wire and 184 rounds of caliber 5.56 ammunition were found inside 2 ice buckets and another 2 plastic containers concealed inside two sacks.

Chief Superintendent Gilberto DC Cruz, Police Regional Office-13 regional director said the recovered items are supplies of the New People’s Army (NPA).

“The recovery of the electric blasting caps and ammunition was due to the revelation given by a former rebel during the debriefing of Butuan City police,” Cruz said.

“We appeal to the active members of the CPP-NPA and Militia ng Bayan to give up their arms and avail the Enhance Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP). Our government is sincere in giving them programs if they would choose the right path for peace,” Cruz added.

A bomb squad personnel opens one of the two containers containing the blasting caps, a bombmaking component, found in a hinterland barangay in Butuan City. (Photo courtesy of PRO-13)