Operatives nab ASG suspect in Zamboanga City

From the Philippine News Agency (Mar 16): Operatives nab ASG suspect in Zamboanga City

A suspected member of the terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), the third suspect nabbed this month, was collared in Zamboanga City Friday morning, a report reaching here said Saturday.

Maj. Edgardo Amores, spokesperson of the army’s 3rd Infantry Division based in Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur, identified the suspect as Jailani Basirul.

Amores said Basirul has several warrants of arrest issued by the judicial courts of Isabela in the province of Basilan on cases of kidnapping and serious illegal detention.

He said a combined element of the military and police of Task Force Zamboanga led by Col. Glenn Macasero apprehended Basirul in Valderoza St. Barangay Zone 1 in Zamboanga City Friday afternoon.He was brought to regional PNP headquarters in Camp Battala, Zamboanga City.

Amores said Basirul was the third suspected ASG member nabbed by military and police operatives in Zamboanga City this month.

The two other suspects identified as Sajid Amajad and Abu Edil Amajad who were collared on the strength of arrest warrants issued by the Regional Trial Court, Branch 12, of Zamboanga City with murder.

Maj. Gen. Rainier Cruz, commander of the army’s 3rd ID, commended the civilian populace for their cooperation with the military and police that lead to the arrest of the suspects in Zamboanga City.

He said the civilians tipped off law enforcers of the presence of the suspects in their areas.

Cruz acknowledged the important role of the civilians in the fight against criminality and the stability of in the Zamboanga Peninsula.

He said that no amount of military and police operations would succeed without the support of the civilian populace anywhere in the country.

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