Suspected IED found near PNP headquarters in Camp Crame

January 11, 2017

A suspected improvised bomb  was  found near the Philippine National Police (PNP) headquarters in Camp Crame on Wednesday.

Residents at  4th Avenue in Barangay Bagong Lipunan panicked when garbage collectors discoveted a package  around 11 am.

Telina Sica, a resident,  told reporters they were alarmed when they saw package resembling a  dynamite  with a digital clock, wires and a battery. "We got scared," she said.

Garbage collector Arnold Golbin asked help from PO1 Kevin Ronald Tobias of the Aviation Security Group who was claiming a uniform from a store.

Tobias placed the package along the street between motorcycles and ordered people to stay away before he called officers in Camp Crame.

The PNP Explosives and Ordnance Division/K9 Unit  found the package  a dummy and declared the place safe at 11:30 am

Supt. Edwin Ellazar, officer-in-charge of the EOD operating division,  said the package had seven pieces of cardboard which resembled dynamite.

"These are ordinary cardboard with a digital timer," Ellazar said. He said this is similar to what they use during seminars. DMS