Police recovered on Jan. 19 four anti-personnel mines (APMs) in the mountains of Giporlos, Eastern Samar, stalling possible terrorist attacks by the New People’s Army (NPA).
Joint operatives from the Eastern Samar police provincial office and Giporlos police station recovered the landmines on Wednesday morning in the vicinity of upland Huknan village in Giporlos town, police said in its report released on Thursday.
The intelligence-driven operation was done through information from a former rebel who helped the operatives locate the APMs beside a river just four kilometers away from a community.
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Source: Philippines News Agency