Combined police and military forces have arrested a
notorious member of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in a follow-up operation in the
island province
of Basilan
Senior Supt. Angelito Casimiro, Zamboanga City
Casimiro said Indanan was arrested in a joint follow-up
operation around 1:40 a.m. Tuesday in Barangay Paniongan, Lantawan, Basilan.
Indanan was the primary target of a joint law enforcement
operation at an ASG safe house on Saturday in Sitio Gapuh, Barangay Talabaan,
18.45 kilometers east of City Hall.
However, the troops failed to arrest him since he was not
around but a suspected cohort named Salam Arula, 41, was arrested and
bomb-making components were seized.
Casimiro said Indanan has standing warrants for eight counts
of kidnapping and serious illegal detention for his alleged involvement in the
June 11, 2001 raid at the Golden Harvest Plantation in Barangay Tairan,
Lantawan, Basilan.
The ASG seized 15 plantation workers during the raid, three
of whom were killed.
Casimiro said Indanan is now under police custody for
documentation and proper disposition.
On Saturday, the lawmen seized at the safehouse of Indanan
in Barangay Talabaan, this city, the following bomb-making materials: three
kilograms assorted enhance fragments; plastic gallon (color white serves as
fragment container); one-half kilograms ammonium nitrate fuel oil (ANFO); three
pieces blasting caps; two match sticks; three pieces of 30-inch commercial time
fused; four sets of slide switch; 26 inches telephone wire; 56 inches ground
electrical wire; 118 inches electrical wire; brown cartoon container, and, one
empty liquefied petroleum gas tank.
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