PNP: Bomb-making materials seized, 2 suspects arrested

Police and military operatives on Thursday seized a cache of bomb-making materials, and arrested two suspects in a buy-bust operation in Cavite, the Philippine National Police said Friday.

In a statement, the PNP identified the suspects as Charlito Tenorio, 52, and Jay-Ar Amonggo Suson, 34.

PNP chief Police General Guillermo Eleazar said Tenorio was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Bacao 2, General Trias City at 12:30 p.m.

Alleged mastermind Suson, was later arrested in Tayabas, Quezon at 5:30 p.m.

Seized from the suspects were 750 kilograms of ammonium nitrate in 30 sacks, and 1,000 pieces of improvised blasting caps that were all loaded in a commuter van.

Eleazar said explosive materials are “commonly used for industrial purposes, but can also be used as components for Improvised Explosive Device (IED).”

PNP Chief Police General Guillermo Eleazar inspects the seized materials for bomb-making (PNP handout photo)

Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) director Police Major General Albert Ignatius Ferro said the explosive materials worth P200,000 were being negotiated for sale by the suspects.

According to Ferro, the seized explosives are capable of a blast radius of 1.5 kilometers.

The operation was led by the CIDG and Cavite Police Provincial Office in coordination with the Armed Forces of the Philippines and other PNP support units. —LBG, GMA News