ZAMBOANGA CITY: Authorities confiscated chemical fertilizers and cyanide, including dozens of blasting caps commonly used by illegal gold miners in Compostela Valley province in Mindanao region.

Military and government agents, armed with search warrants, swooped down in Na–bunturan town on March 31 and arrested several people in connection with the illegal selling of the chemicals.

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