Joint police and military forces have arrested a suspected
member of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) implicated in series of kidnappings in the
region and in nearby Basilan province, the police said.
Insp. Dahlan Samuddin, Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9)
information officer, identified the arrested ASG member as Bon Sarabpil alias
Von and Kalbo.
Samuddin said Sarabpil was arrested during a law enforcement
operation around 10:20 a.m. Saturday in Barangay Poblacion, Imelda, Zamboanga
Sibugay.
Samuddin said the suspect was arrested by virtue of warrant
of arrest issued by a local Court for the crime of kidnapping and serious
illegal detention with ransom.
Samuddin said the suspect had worked under Basilan ASG
leader Montong Pula and the late kidnap-for-ransom-group (KFRG) leaders Ben
Mungkay and Usman Lijal “during the height of kidnappings in Basilan and in
Region 9 in 2009 to 2011.”
He said Sarabpil is also the conduit of the Basilan-based
ASG and KFRG leaders based in the province
of Zamboanga Sibugay
Yasin is based in the town of Imelda
while Abdusalam, Kahal and Abbas in the municipality of Naga
Samuddin said Sarabpil had been responsible and active in
kidnapping operations particularly in Region 9 up to the present.
Samuddin said Sarabpil was taken to this city for proper
disposition.
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