Materials for explosives found

Ben Serrano - The Philippine Star

November 30, 2012 | 12:00am

BUTUAN CITY, Philippines – Authorities recovered last Monday a huge cache of materials used in making explosives abandoned in Barangay Mahaba, Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte.

Reports said a concerned citizen informed the city police that a driver of a tractor said to be owned by a mining firm abandoned the materials in a remote mining village.

A joint police-Army team found 10 sacks of ammonium nitrate, 10 boxes of superdyne explosives, a roll of fuse wire, 10 helmets, five safety vests, and two raincoats.

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Materials for explosives found

ABANDONED

AGUSAN

AMMONIUM

BARANGAY MAHABA

CABADBARAN CITY

CITY

EXPLOSIVES

MATERIALS

MINING

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