Mindanaotoday.com | Cops seize 12K AK-47 ammo in Butuan
BUTUAN CITY – A total of 12,013 pieces of ammunition for an AK-47 rifle were recovered Wednesday by personnel of the police’s Regional Mobile Force Battalion in the Caraga Region (RMFB-13) in Barangay Tungao here, a top police official said.
In a statement, Brig. Gen. Romeo Caramat Jr., the Police Regional Office – Caraga (PRO-13 director, (Caraga) said the huge number of ammunition was recovered in the hinterland area of Tukbuon, Sitio Lamusig, Barangay Tungao.
“The seized cache of ammunition for AK-47 rifle is owned by the communist New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in the area,” Caramat said.
He added that the war materiel were concealed in four plastic containers and buried at a location in Tukbuon.