PNP chief Director General Oscar Albayalde said yesterday he has already talked with Maj. Gen. Filemon Santos Jr., chief of the Army’s 7th Infantry Battalion in Nueva Ecija, where the seized arms cache allegedly originated. “They are willing to cooperate in the investigation that we will be doing,” Albayalde told reporters in an ambush interview at Camp Crame. Albayalde tasked the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) under Director Guillermo Eleazar to spearhead the probe on the part of the PNP. Albayalde expressed concern over the reported pilferage of firearms and ammunition from a military camp which are later used by rebel groups against state security forces. Not Army inventoryAFP chief Lt. Gen. Benjamin Madrigal, however, said the seized ammunition is not part of Army inventory.

Source: Philippine Star December 18, 2018 16:03 UTC