Firearms seized in Sarangani bound for West Papua – police

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A cache of firearms seized from an Indonesian and two Filipinos in Kiamba town in Sarangani province was bound for West Papua to beef up the firepower of secessionist rebels there, according to a report from the Soccsksargen Police Regional Office.

The firearms caches consisted of 10 Colt AR-15 rifles, 20 magazines, and 10 detachable rifle butts.

They were caught in possession of the firearms stashed inside trolley bags aboard a tricycle passing through a checkpoint in Barangay Nalus, Kiamba. Sua said Gobay reportedly gained entry into the Philippines from West Papua province in Indonesia via Jakarta and then to Manila. The conflict has been reported to have worsened in the past several years in West Papua due to a long-drawn separatist rebellion.The West Papua National Liberation Army, labeled by Indonesia as a terrorist and armed criminal group, is the armed wing of the Free Papua Movement, which had long been seeking independence from Indonesia.

 

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