Manila - Philippine intelligence operatives have intercepted a cache of ammunition bound for the southern island of Jolo, where Muslim gunmen are still holding 12 foreign hostages, a military report said yesterday.
Police said the seized ammunition was for M-16 and M-14 automatic rifles, and was found on Wednesday hidden in the baggage section of MV Kristel Jane ferry in Zamboanga which was bound for Jolo.
No one had been arrested but radio and television reports, quoting police, said the ammunition was intended for Abu Sayyaf Muslim rebels, who are holding the 12 foreigners and more than a dozen Filipinos at a jungle hide-out in Jolo.