8ID troops seized
high powered firearms and medical supplies
By DPAO, 8ID PA
August 12, 2014
CAMP LUKBAN, Catbalogan
City, Samar – Troops under the 8th Military Intelligence Battalion
recovered one (1) M16 rifle, one (1) long magazine with live
ammunition and a medical kit with assorted medicines, 1-syringe,
dextrose and gloves at the vicinity of Barangay San Miguel and
Barangay San Francisco, both of Las Navas, Northern Samar on August
11, 2014 at 6:35 p.m.
According to the report
received by this Headquarters, the recovered firearm and Medical kit
were discovered by a concerned citizen along the withdrawal route of
the New People’s Army members after an encounter with government
troops on July 31, 2014 at Barangay San Miguel, Las Navas, Northern
Samar.
The concerned citizen later
reported the location of the firearm to Headquarters 8th Infantry
Division which mobilized the 8th Military Intelligence Battalion that
recovered the firearm. More troops were dispatched in the areas near
Barangay San Francisco and Barangay San Miguel to pursue the rebels
who were reported to be hiding in their hideouts near the said
barangays.
