A CACHE of weapons belonging to the communist New People’s Army (NPA) has been recovered by government forces in the hinterlands of Misamis Occidental, the military said in a statement released Monday.
According to a statement from the Army’s 1st Infantry Division (11ID), troops from the 10th Infantry Battalion unearthed the hidden firearms around 1 p.m. on Sunday in Tudela, Misamis Occidental.
The arms cache included two AK-47 rifles, two CZ rifles, one M16 rifle, and six AK-47 firearm clips.
The 11ID said the arms cache belonged to the remnants of the NPA’s Western Mindanao Regional Party Committee operating in the province. The recovery was made possible thanks to information provided by former NPA rebels who had surrendered.
The military stated that the recovered weapons will no longer be used to harm communities or support other NPA groups in Mindanao. The recovery comes a day after a communist rebel was killed in a clash with government troops in Lanao del Sur.
