Notorious ASG member in Basilan nabbed

KUTA SANG-AN, LABANGAN, Zamboanga del Sur – The joint AFP and PNP intelligence units, local PNP & the Army’s Special Forces Company successfully arrested a notorious Abu Sayyaf member identified as alias Abu Jaid or Ajing charged with kidnapping and murder.

The arrest was conducted by the joint government operatives thru a warrant of arrest in Brgy. Port area, Isabela City Basilan Province Thursday morning on November 22, 2012.

Alias Abu Jaid or Ajing was involved in the 2001 kidnapping and the beheading of two workers of the Golden Harvest Plantation in Brgy. Talairan Lantawan Basilan. 

The warrant of arrest against the bandit was issued by the 9^th Judicial Region Branch 1 Judge Leo Jay T. Principi. He was brought to Zamboanga City for proper disposition.

Meanwhile, 1^st Infantry (TABAK) Division, Philippine Army Commander Maj. General Ricardo Rainier G. Cruz III lauded the involved troops of the Special Forces Company and the intelligence units for the arrest of Abu Jaid/Ajing. “This is the fruit of our Bayanihan in our communities, and strong support from our local officials”. MGen Cruz said.