NPA finance officer nabbed

BUTUAN CITY, Philippines   – An alleged finance officer of the New People’s Army (NPA) was arrested in Gigaquit, Surigao del Norte on Monday.

Joselyn Curiba of the NPA’s Guerrilla Front 16-B Northeastern Mindanao Regional Committee was collared based on a warrant for kidnapping and serious illegal detention, according to Brig. Gen. Joselito Esquivel Jr., chief of the Caraga police.

Police recovered from Curiba, who was arrested in Barangay Sico-Sico, a bag containing bomb paraphernalia.

The suspect was brought to the Gigaquit police station for questioning.

Esquivel said the suspect’s arrest was the result of an intensified campaign against insurgency.