2 soldiers, 7 others arrested for alleged links to illegal mining

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Two Army intelligence operatives were arrested for escorting two pick-up trucks carrying 60 sacks of gold ore worth P300,000 in Opol town, Misamis Oriental, last Monday. Captain Jhorlind Rico Apal, commander of the police Regional Mobile Force Battalion, said they intercepted the vehicles—a JMC Grand Avenue (plate ZAB 8446) and