As part of the continuous efforts of Police Regional Office Cordillera Administrative Region (PRO-CAR) in the campaign to end the Local Communist Armed Conflict, the Inayan Cops of Mountain Province Police Provincial Office discovered an abandoned Communist Terrorist Group (CTG) encampment in Besao, Mountain Province on October 15, 2024.

Based on the report submitted to the Regional Director, PBGEN DAVID K PEREDO, JR, the abandoned CTG encampment was discovered by the joint operatives of 1st Mountain Province Provincial Mobile Force Company (PMFC) and Besao Municipal Police Station along a forested area in Sitio Mapao, Brgy. Gueday, Besao while they were conducting a major Internal Security Operation in the area.

From the said encampment, the operatives were able to recover ten pieces of Ammonium Nitrate–Fuel Oil in ice candy wrappers, six pieces Improvised Explosive Device (IED) containers, four pieces dynamite sticks, one IED grenade, subversive documents, and other personal belongings.

After documentation, all the discovered IED materials were turned over to the Provincial Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Canine Unit of Mountain Province, while the other recovered materials are under the custody of 1st Mountain Province PMFC for proper disposition.

Meanwhile, the operating troops are continuously searching adjacent areas of the encampment for the possible recovery of other IEDs.