COTABATO CITY—Government soldiers manning a checkpoint on Sunday (May 2) foiled an attempt to smuggle ammunition for Islamic State-linked gunmen in Maguindanao, the Army said.
Major Gen. Juvymax Uy, commander of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division, said soldiers from the 33rd Infantry Battalion detachment in Datu Saydona Mustapha town flagged down a sedan for regular inspection at the checkpoint.
The soldiers noticed the three men aboard the car to be uneasy and visibly nervous, prompting a thorough check.
When the driver was asked to open the car’s compartment, soldiers found boxes of ammunition, Uy said.
The hoard consisted of some 6,000 rounds of 5.56-millimeter ammunition …
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