By
Jong Cadion
PAGADIAN
CITY, Zamboanga del Sur (July 26, 2017) – Eight (8) people including a
village chief were arrested by joint elements of law enforcement agencies and
Army troopers during an anti-illegal drug operation in General Salipada K.
Pendatun (GSKP), Maguindanao on Saturday (July 22), military official said.
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officer Cpt Arvin G. Encinas, 6th Infantry (Kampilan) Division,
Philippine Army, disclosed that under the command of the 1st Mechanized
Infantry Brigade led by Col Bismarck Soliba, joint elements of PDEA-ARMM,
CIDG-ARMM, 4SAB, SAF, 1MECH BN and the 33rd Infantry (Makabayan) Battalion
arrested the suspects in a drug den in Midconding village during a simultaneous
raid at 6:00am.
Cpt.
Encinas said that among those who were collared were village chair Datumama
'Bong' Abdul,31. The law enforcers also cornered Darex Maslamama, 33, Datukung
Membida, 23, Mundjahel Membia, 19, and 4 unnamed minors. Drug trafficking
suspect named Buga Abdul a.k.a. Lapu-lapu and several others evaded arrest. The
group had gained notoriety after being involved in violent attacks against
government forces and rival clans.
Seized
from the suspects were 3 hand grenades, assorted ammunitions, sachets of
suspected shabu, and shabu sniffing paraphernalia, he added.
The
suspects were brought to PDEA-ARMM detention facility for the filing of
criminal cases against them.
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