A RAID on the home of the female police officer who was romantically linked to an Abu Sayyaf terrorist yielded an M16 rifle, a caliber 45 pistol, ammunition and bomb components.
Chief Supt. Agripino Javier, police director for Region 10, said the raid on the house of Supt. Maria Cristina Nobleza at the Pine Hills Executive Homes in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon Monday morning yielded 218 cartridges for M16 rifles, a bandolier for the armalite, a timer, bomb components, a soldering iron, 66 blasting caps and electronic tester.
Also found at Nobleza’s house were assorted documents about the terrorist activities of a certain Al Mohammar Bayani, 22, a resident of San Juan Baroy, Lanao del Norte.
Javier said the raid was carried out on the strength of a search warrant issued by Judge Ma. Theresa Aban-Camannong of RTC Branch 99 of the 10th Judicial Region in Malaybalay City.
Nobleza was being questioned in Camp Crame shortly after she arrived from Tagbilaran City where she was initially detained following arrest.
Nobleza along with her ASG lover, Reneer Lou Dongon, were arrested after disregarding a police and military checkpoint in Brgy. Bacani, Clarin town Saturday night, shortly after a firefight in which eight ASG bandits, including the sub-leader Muamar Askali alias Abu Rami, were killed.
Dongon was said to be among the group responsible for the bombing of the Mazandria Hotal
In a background check of Nobleza’s lover”•Dongon’s activities, showed that the ASG operative was among the group responsible for the bombing of Maxandrea Hotel in Cagayan de Oro City in October 2012 that killed two people and wounded two police officers.
Javier said Dongon was reportedly involved in the bombing of Kyla’s Bistro in the same city on July 26, 2013 that killed six persons and injured 48 others.
Javier said Dongon has a standing warrant of arrest for murder and attempted murder at the Regional Trial Court Branch 23, Cagayan de Oro City.
Javier said two minors”•Abdullah Sulayman Dongon Sabdani, 13 and Abdurrahman Abdilla, 14, both residents of Tinago Brgy San Juan Baroy, Lanao del Norte”•were present during the raid at Nobleza’s house.
Nobleza was the deputy chief of the Philippine National Police Crime Laboratory in the Davao region before her arrest in Bohol.
Chief Supt. Aurelio Trampe, PNP-Crime Laboratory director, said Nobleza is now assigned to the unit’s national headquarters in Camp Crame pending investigation of her case.
The relief order became effective April 24.
Nobleza was arrested Saturday with her alleged boyfriend, Dongon, his mother Judith Dungon and a teenager.
Police had said Nobleza and Dongon could have been in Bohol to rescue the remaining Abu Sayyaf members who slipped into the province and clashed with government forces..
Charges of illegal possession of firearms and harboring criminals have been filed against Nobleza.
PNP chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa said Nobleza and Dongon met in 2013 when the suspected Abu Sayyaf bomber was detained at the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission after he was arrested in Marawi City and moved to Manila.
Dela Rosa said Nobleza was a PAOCC agent assigned to interview Dongon while he was in detention.
Armed Forces spokesman Restituto Padilla said despite the presence of the terrorists in Bohol, there was no serious threat hampering to activities related to the 30th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit in the province.
With over 2,000 delegates, including top government officials, flying to Manila for the summit, Padilla said that they are prepared for any worst-case scenario and will make sure none of the threats they’re preparing for will materialize.
Padilla said that the two or three remaining ASG members who clashed with government troops in Bohol have been surrounded.
In the same news briefing, Padilla said that reports of alleged movements by the ASG in other parts of the Visayas, including Palawan, were untrue and were meant to create fear among residents and foreigners alike.
“All of this information that came our way and came to the police attention were duly checked and verified and found to be untrue,” he said.