By Teofilo P.
Garcia, Jr.
ZAMBOANGA CITY, May
18 (PNA) -– Combined military and police forces have arrested a suspected Abu
Sayyaf bomb expert in a raid on a west coast barangay in this city, a military
official announced Sunday.
Western Mindanao
Command (Westmincom) information officer Capt. Maria Rowena Muyuela identified
the arrested Abu Sayyaf bomb expert as Abu Jomar.
Muyuela said Jomar
was nabbed when the combined Task Force Zamboanga and local police operatives,
armed with a search warrant, raided a house around 7 a.m. Saturday at 5th
Street, Southcom village, Barangay Upper Calarian, west of this city.
Muyuela said Jomar’s
presence was detected in the area by government intelligence operatives.
The military and the
police have joined forces in law enforcement efforts aimed at arresting members
of lawless elements in this city.
Muyuela said the
raiding team recovered from the possession of Jomar a mobile phone, electrical
wirings, adhesive tapes and blasting caps.
She said the arrested
suspect was turned over to the police for debriefing and appropriate action.
(PNA)
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