CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Two Army intelligence operatives were arrested for escorting two pick-up trucks carrying 60 sacks of gold ore worth P300,000 in Opol town, Misamis Oriental, last Monday. Captain Jhorlind Rico Apal, commander of the police Regional Mobile Force Battalion, said they intercepted the vehicles—a JMC Grand Avenue (plate ZAB 8446) and a Toyota Hilux (plate MGH 811)—at a checkpoint in Sitio Mahayahay, Barangay Limonda, Opol. “Both pick-ups were loaded with alleged minerals transported from Barangay Limonda, a known site for illegal mining activities,” Apal said. He identified the soldiers as Staff Sgt. Norman Quilatan, 47, of […]... Keep on reading: 2 soldiers, 7 others arrested for alleged links to illegal mining