COTABATO CITY\u2014Authorities on Tuesday said they foiled a bombing plot when Marines and policemen arrested three suspects and seized bomb-making materials.<\/p>\n
Supt. Roberto Badian, city police chief, said seized from three suspects past noon yesterday were two rocket-propelled grenades, flashlights, batteries, a motorcycle loaded into a mini dump truck and electrical wiring.<\/p>\n
Col. Dorotheo Jalandoni, head of the 7th Marine Battalion Landing Team, said soldiers manning a checkpoint became suspicious when the men on board the dump truck became restless as soldiers and policemen started inspecting the truck.<\/p>\n
Badian said the Marines and policemen were suspicious after seeing a motorcycle without a license plate in the truck. The law enforcers found the bomb-making materials.<\/p>\n
Jalandoni said the three suspects are being interrogated at the Marines checkpoint. He said authorities received intelligence reports about another bomb plot prior to the arrests.<\/p>\n
Badian said the suspects \u201crefused to talk, refused to answer questions, but one claimed he is from Iligan City.\u201d Edwin Fernandez, Inquirer Mindanao<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Authorities on Tuesday said they foiled a bombing plot when Marines and policemen arrested three suspects and seized bomb-making materials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,39],"tags":[2039,1040],"byline":[],"source":[206078],"column":[],"editor":[],"videographer":[],"position":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n