NORTH COTABATO, Philippines – Anti-narcotics agents killed yesterday an alleged drug trafficker and found in a house near the scene the assault rifle of one of the 44 policemen killed in the 2015 Mamasapano incident. Maximo Sebastian, in the nearby house of another suspected drug trafficker, Nasser Karim. Headlines ( Article MRec ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch: 1Karim, also implicated in large-scale drug trafficking, is a son of the municipal police chief of Pikit, Senior Insp. Galgo said the firearms recovered from Karim included two M-16 armalites and two M-14 assault rifles. Tan said the operating forces also seized several high-powered firearms belonging to the lawless group, including a homemade barret, an M16 rifle, two homemade M79 grenade launchers and rocket propelled grenade ammunition.

Source: Philippine Star October 11, 2016 16:14 UTC