Man with bombs nabbed at Davao checkpoint

Ara Casas, ABS-CBN News

DAVAO CITY - Operatives of Task Force Davao (TFD) arrested a man for allegedly attempting to pass two home-made bombs through a checkpoint in Toril district on Good Friday.Private First Class Salman Guipacan of TFD identified the 22-year-old suspect as Roy &quot;Steve&quot; Bulat-ag Moreno, a resident of Kidapawan City.The improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and other bomb paraphernalia were recovered from a black backpack that Moreno was carrying while trying to enter the city.Moreno denied prior knowledge of the IEDs. He claimed that a certain Commander Bobby of the New People&#x27;s Army (NPA) Front 54 ordered him to send it to a person in Toril district.The suspect claimed that the supposed NPA leader&#x27;s contact was set to send him a text message indicating a drop-off point for the bag.Davao City Police Office (DCPO) spokesperson Chief Inspector Milgrace Driz, meanwhile, said intensified intelligence monitoring led to the arrest of Moreno.&quot;We doubled our effort on alertness and vigilance here and our proactive efforts which resulted to this apprehension,&quot; Driz said.Police will file illegal possession of explosives and violations of the Omnibus Election Code against Moreno. -- With reports from Kenneth Mangaya-ay, ABS-CBN News

DAVAO CITY - Operatives of Task Force Davao (TFD) arrested a man for allegedly attempting to pass two home-made bombs through a checkpoint in Toril district on Good Friday. 

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Man with bombs nabbed at Davao checkpoint

Man with bombs nabbed at Davao checkpoint

Ara Casas,

ABS-CBN News

Published Mar 26, 2016 12:35 PM PHT

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Updated Mar 27, 2016 12:45 AM PHT

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