COTABATO CITY—Elements of the police’s Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) on Friday seized bombs from the house of a local businessman here whose son was reportedly abducted last Tuesday.
Chief Inspector Allan Uy, CIDG-ARMM spokesperson, said tarp and sticker print shop owner Teng Macabalang, in his 60s, was arrested on the strength of a court warrant during the 2 a.m. search of his house in Barangay (village) Rosary Heights.
Uy said seized from Macabalang’s house were an 81-millimeter mortar shell, a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) shell, detonating cord, hand held radio, improvised switch circuit, cellphone, blasting cap, a plastic container of ice cream and assorted firearms and ammunition.
“These bombs were ready to be set off,” Uy said, adding that they were looking at the possibility the suspect was involved in bomb attacks in Central Mindanao and other areas.
Macabalang’s son, TJ Tagadaya Macabalang, who also ran a sticker and tarpaulin business, went missing on October 4 along with his staff, identified as Wendel Factoral.
The duo were reportedly abducted by armed masked men while meeting a client for a buy-and-sell business. RAM/rga
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