By Edwin Fernandez

SEIZED WAR MATERIALS. Brig. Gen. Yasser Bara (left), commander of the 101st Infantry Brigade, and 64th Infantry Battalion commander Lt. Colonel Gerry Gaviola, inspect the war materials of the Dawlah Islamiya-Maute Group (DI-MG) terror group unearthed in Marogong, Lanao del Sur on Saturday (April 11, 2026). The seized war materials were reportedly hidden by the terror group in remote Barangay Pabrica. (Photo courtesy of 101Bde)

COTABATO CITY – Responding to intelligence about a large cache of war materials in a remote village in Lanao del Sur, the Army unearthed and recovered various war materials and firearms fabrication equipment over the weekend in the town of Marogong.

Brig. Gen. Yasser Bara, commander of the Army’s 101st Infantry Brigade, said soldiers under the 64th Infantry Battalion found the war materials on Saturday in the village of Pabrica, where the Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group (DI-MG) had previously occupied following the 2017 Marawi City siege.

“During the operation, the government troops discovered equipment believed to be used in the fabrication of firearms, along with several war materials,” Bara said in a statement Monday.

Recovered items included 50 tube barrels for a .50-caliber sniper rifle, one propellant cartridge for a .50-caliber rifle, five Barrett sniper rifle suppressors, ammunition, a 600 mm mortar tube, and a hand grenade.

Bara said there were no remnants of DI-MG in the area or its vicinity at the time of discovery, but soldiers are currently securing the area to ensure safety and allow further recovery of any hidden items. (PNA)