Cops seize bomb ingredient from abandoned house in Zamboanga

ZAMBOANGA CITY - Police seized two sacks of a bomb ingredient during a patrol operation in Labason, Zamboanga del Norte on Sunday.

Police forces led by Inspector Alexis Manuta Bahunsua were conducting a foot patrol when they saw the sacks in an abandoned house owned by a certain Razul Saaban in Barangay New Salvacion in Labason town.

Inspector Dahlan samuddin, public affair officer of Police Regional Office 9 (PIO), said Bahunsua's team recovered 50 kilos of ammonium nitrate and four sets of magazine clips for a Garand rifle placed in two sacks.

Police suspect that the recovered items will be used in the production of improvised explosive device in the abandoned house.

The recovered items have been turned over to the Labason Municipal Police Station.

Police have been on alert against possible terror attacks in the provinces of Zamboanga and Basilan.