LUCENA CITY – Police arrested on Saturday an alleged New People’s Army (NPA) rebel in Calatagan, Batangas.
The Batangas police said a team of operatives, armed with an arrest warrant, swooped down on the safehouse of Elison Agnes, 59, in Barangay (village) Balitoc at around 9:40 a.m.
The suspect was facing charges of illegal possession of a firearms and explosives before the Regional Trial Court-Branch 10 in Balayan, Batangas.
The police said Agnes was a member of an NPA unit that used to operate in the Southern Tagalog region.
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