Army unearths rebel arms cache in Zamboanga del Sur
PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur — Troops of the Army’s 53rd Infantry Battalion (53IB) recovered an arms cache and war materiel in Barangay Dalapan, Guipos, Zamboanga del Sur, on Tuesday, Oct. 6, military officials reported.
The 53IB said the location of the hidden stash in Purok 3 was disclosed during a custodial debriefing with Florencio Sayamba, alias “Jay-R,” “Bebot,” and “Rico.”
Sayamba, a former commander of a militia unit under the defunct Guerrilla Front KARA of the New People’s Army’s Western Mindanao Regional Party Committee, was apprehended during pursuit operations in San Miguel town on June 18.
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He is currently detained at the Pagadian City Jail in Barangay Lenienza, Pagadian City.
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Recovered from the site were a carbine rifle, an Ingram submachine gun, a .38-caliber revolver, two hand grenades, a commercial radio with four antennas, and about 20 meters of detonating cord.
The confiscated weapons and equipment were brought to the 53IB headquarters in Guipos for documentation and proper disposition. /mcm
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