Suspected New People’s Army rebels carted away several high-powered firearms after raiding a police station in a remote coastal town in Isabela late Tuesday afternoon.

Reports reaching Camp Aguinaldo on Wednesday said that around 5:15 p.m., some 50-armed guerrillas swooped down at the Dinapigue police station disarmed the policemen and ransacked the outpost.

Col. Tristan Kison, the military spokesman, said the rebels seized four M-16 rifles, two M-14 rifles and three shotguns.

The station is located behind the Sierra Madre mountain ranges fronting the Pacific Ocean, about 10 hours away from the nearest police provincial outpost.

The raid prompted Director General Arturo Lomibao, Philippine National Police chief, on Wednesday to dismiss the Isabela provincial director and order the entire Dinapigue police force to face retraining.

At a press briefing, Lomibao announced the administrative relief of Senior Supt. Percival Barba, Isabela provincial police chief.

He added that Insp. Elipidio Solis, the Dinapigue police chief, and his men would have to be retrained.

The police station will be temporarily manned by members of the Isabela Provincial Mobile Group, Lomibao said.

Barba’s suspension is part of the PNP “one-strike” policy applied to police officers who fail to defend their stations from rebel attacks.