Police prevents NPAs atrocities in Aklan
KALIBO, Aklan -- Police here claimed that the recent threat of atrocity from suspected members of the New People's Army (NPA) in Buruanga town was successfully prevented.
This developed as the Aklan Police Provincial Office (APPO) received an intelligence community report that some 30 armed men suspected to be NPAs were seen roaming around the hinterland areas of Buruanga, Malay, Nabas and Ibajay.
The Police Regional Mobile Group headed by Supt. Remus Canieso based in Negros Occidental was immediately deployed in the province to check the veracity of the report.
The intelligence report said that the NPA would attack Buruanga town during its fiesta celebration.
As soon as the police mobile group arrived in the area, a rainbow coalition composed of more than a hundred police personnel from threatened municipalities was formed.
Together, they proceeded to the hinterlands of the mentioned municipalities and talked to the barangay residents to confirm such report.
Senior Inspector Auxillio Dador, Boracay PNP chief in Malay, Aklan, said that he also sent 30 personnel to join the police operation.
"What we have prevented was the NPA's possible recruitment and organization of their ranks while they are in the province. If they have successfully done so they might have sabotaged a police station here," said Dador.
Based on the records of the PNP, the Buruanga Police station was once harassed by NPAs members. (PNA)