From the Philippine News Agency (Mar 15): Alert North Cotabato cops arrest man with hand grenade
Policemen on the lookout for a kidnapping suspect instead arrested a man with a hand grenade on Friday, authorities said.
Elements of the Kabacan Police Station and the 7th Infantry Battalion conducting checkpoints along the national highway following intelligence reports a kidnapping suspect was to pass by flagged down a motorcycle with two men on board.
Supt. Jordane Maribojo, Kabacan police chief, said the suspect, Kadil Sultan Dandang of Barangay Kuyapon, Kabacan yielded a fragmentation grenade.
"He was acting suspiciously and when frisked, a live hand grenade was taken from his pocket," Maribojo said.
Maribojo said the arrest of Dandang was done in connection with "Operation Kapkap Bakal," a campaign against the proliferation of loose firearms.
According to Maribojo, Dandang is included in the watch list of persons believed to be involved in kidnapping, carnapping, robbery-holdup and extortion activities in the town.
Maribojo said at least a dozen persons have been arrested for possessing loose firearms, illegal drugs, carnapped motorbikes and other illegal activities.
He said the "Oplan Kapkap Bakal" will be intensified following the rash of shooting and grenade attacks in Kabacan poblacion.
Maribojo appealed to the public to help the police in containing criminality that already claimed the lives of innocent civilians.
Since January, at least 10 grenade-throwing incidents had been reported in Kabacan.
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Policemen on the lookout for a kidnapping suspect instead arrested a man with a hand grenade on Friday, authorities said.
Elements of the Kabacan Police Station and the 7th Infantry Battalion conducting checkpoints along the national highway following intelligence reports a kidnapping suspect was to pass by flagged down a motorcycle with two men on board.
Supt. Jordane Maribojo, Kabacan police chief, said the suspect, Kadil Sultan Dandang of Barangay Kuyapon, Kabacan yielded a fragmentation grenade.
"He was acting suspiciously and when frisked, a live hand grenade was taken from his pocket," Maribojo said.
Maribojo said the arrest of Dandang was done in connection with "Operation Kapkap Bakal," a campaign against the proliferation of loose firearms.
According to Maribojo, Dandang is included in the watch list of persons believed to be involved in kidnapping, carnapping, robbery-holdup and extortion activities in the town.
Maribojo said at least a dozen persons have been arrested for possessing loose firearms, illegal drugs, carnapped motorbikes and other illegal activities.
He said the "Oplan Kapkap Bakal" will be intensified following the rash of shooting and grenade attacks in Kabacan poblacion.
Maribojo appealed to the public to help the police in containing criminality that already claimed the lives of innocent civilians.
Since January, at least 10 grenade-throwing incidents had been reported in Kabacan.
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