Zambo Sur police arrest 2 robbery group members

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PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, Oct. 17 (PNA) -– Two members of a robbery-holdup group were arrested by policemen and five firearms were confiscated from them in a raid in the nearby town of Dinas, this province, on Thursday.

Provincial police director Senior Supt. Sofronio Ecaldre identified the arrested suspects as Abdulmaola Cosain and Abu Butiko. They were detained.

Ecaldre said Cosain and Butiko were arrested in Barangay Binoatan, Dinas municipality on the strength of a search warrant issued by the court.

The raiding team confiscated from the suspects an M-16 Armalite rifle, an M-14 rifle, a caliber .45 pistol, a caliber .38 revolver, and a caliber .22 rifle.

Ecaldre said appropriate charges are set to be filed against the suspects. (PNA)
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