Three days after a failed attempt to rob a pawnshop in Koronadal City, a man long wanted for a series of kidnapping cases in Central Mindanao was arrested by a joint Cotabato and Koronadal City police and army team here before dawn Sunday.
Senior supt. Rolen Balquin, Cotabato City Police director, said Khadafy Guiamelon, a kidnap gang leader implicated in some 30 abductions in Central Mindanao and in Thursday’s bloody daytime pawnshop heist in
Police records showed Guiamelon, also known as Commander Pilandok, ranks third in the list of the Anti-Kidnapping Group (AKG) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) of most wanted kidnappers in
Confidential informants confirmed Guiamelon has also been occasionally residing in a slum area behind the
Balquin said the suspect is now undergoing questioning on his reported involvement in the Sept. 18 deadly attempt to rob the Agencia Brillantes, a pawnshop along
Two security guards were killed while two responding watchmen from nearby establishments were shot and wounded as they tried to prevent the robbers’ escape. Two minors were wounded in the crossfire.
Authorities said Guiamelon and his followers are remnants of
Mubarak was killed in the summer of 1993 by pursing policemen and Marines in Pantukan,
Balquin said local policemen and police agents from
One of the warrants was issued by Judge George Jabido while the other came from the sala of Judge Bansawan Ebrahim of the Regional Trial Court Branches 15 and 14, both in
Balquin said Guiamelon’s arrest was a result of extensive cooperation among civilian tipsters, the police and the intelligence units here of the Army’s elite Special Forces.
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