Two alleged members of the New People’s Army were captured and firearms were seized in Brgy. Pinowayan, Don Salvador Benedicto in Negros Occidental on Thursday, April 25, the Army’s 79th Infantry Battalion reported.
The 79IB and the 1st Negros Occidental Provincial Mobile Force Company of Philippine National Police seized firearms and captured two alleged remnants of the dismantled NPA Northern Negros Front, the Army reported.
Seized were a KG 9 pistol, .45 caliber pistol, and three 12 gauge shotguns, the report said.
Meanwhile, the Roselyn Jean Pelle Command in a statement sent to the media denied that two NPA rebels were captured in Don Salvador Benedicto.*