A suspected commander of the dreaded Pentagon crime group was arrested along with 19 others during simultanous raids conducted in known drug dens in North Cotabato on Friday.
Armed with search warrants the Cotabato Police Provincial Office raided at least 20 suspected drug dens in the towns of Pigcawayan, Midsayap, Alamada, President Roxas, Kabacan, Makilala, Tulunan, Aleosan, Antipas, and Magpet, and in Kidapawan City.
The arrested Pentagon group commander was identified as Omar Sultan a.k.a. Commander Derby Gani Malok.
The crime group is operating in North Cotabato and other parts of Central Mindanao.
Police also arrested Malok’s aides identified as Nik Adam Usain, Sanjali Ismael Maganaca, Rajib Pilas Inggim, and Abuhurayra Omar Hajilab, residents of Barangay Lower Paatan in Kabacan.
The other arrested identified by the police were Faisal Tawalang and Jack Mangko in Tulunan; Rene Jun Sante in Antipas; Herson Gerozaga and his nephew, Millard Gerozaga Davin, in Makilala; Melvin Canete in Kidapawan City; Joy Tolentino and Kusain Sampillo in Pigcawayan; Dres Endayla in Midsayap; Marlon Polino in Magpet; Muroy Ofngol in Alamada; and Johnny Flores in President Roxas.
Police said that Malok, aside from his involvement in drug operations in the region, was a suspect in the January 2013 killing of Kabacan vice mayor Pol Dulay.
The Pentagon group is also tagged in recent grenade attacks in Kabacan town.
Senior Superintendent Alex Tagum, provincial provincial director, said they seized an estimated P500,000 worth of shabu during the raids.
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/546086/news/regions/pentagon-crime-group-commander-several-others-nabbed-in-north-cotabato-drug-den-raids
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