{"id":131551,"date":"2017-11-15T22:29:06","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T03:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=131551"},"modified":"2017-11-15T22:29:06","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T03:29:06","slug":"explosives-seized-in-gensan-raid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/11\/15\/explosives-seized-in-gensan-raid\/","title":{"rendered":"Explosives seized in GenSan raid"},"content":{"rendered":"
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General Santos City, South Cotabato (Pixabay photo)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

GENERAL SANTOS CITY\u2014 Joint police operatives recovered several explosives in an operation early Wednesday in a village here.<\/p>\n

Chief Insp. Renato Salarda, chief of the Makar police station, said the explosives were found inside the house of couple Edon and Senalia Pendatun in Purok Maunlad, Phase 2 in Barangay Apopong.<\/p>\n

Armed with a search warrant, he said they swooped down on Pendatun compound at past 4 a.m. along with elements from the city police\u2019s explosives ordnance disposal unit.<\/p>\n

The official said they found three live rifle grenades and a hand grenade inside the main house of the Pendatuns. The search at the family\u2019s nearby old house yielded negative.<\/p>\n

In an interview with reporters, Edon Pendatun denied owning the seized explosives, which were found inside a cabinet.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t own any firearm or any weapon. I don\u2019t even know how to fire a gun,\u201d the 59-year-old suspect said in the vernacular in a radio interview.<\/p>\n

He said he did not know where the recovered items came from and had no idea who placed them inside the cabinet.<\/p>\n

Senalia reiterated her husband\u2019s claims and noted that she was surprised with the supposed recovery of the explosives inside their house.<\/p>\n

But she admitted that they were often out of their house to attend to their business at the city public market.<\/p>\n

The suspects and the recovered explosives are presently in the custody of the Makar or city police station number 02 here.<\/p>\n

Salarda said the Pendatuns would be charged with illegal possession of explosives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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