Police and military forces in North Cotabato arrested
Tuesday dawn a man believed to be a member of a bomb mercenary group operating
in Central Mindanao region.
Senior Supt. Emmanuel Peralta, North Cotabato police office,
said Wednesday the raid by joint police and 7th Infnatry Battalion troopers was
conducted at 4 a.m. in Barangay Inas, Mlang, North
Cotabato and led to the arrest of Jokrie Andong Buisan.
Peralta said the raiding team was looking for Guiamadel
Sandigan and his brother Anwar Sandigan based on an arrest warrant for
violation of Republic Act 10591 and RA 9516 or illegal possession of
explosives.
Both suspects managed to elude arrest as they were already
out of their homes in Barangay Dungguan and Barangay Inas, both in Mlang, when
government forces arrived.
However, Peralta said Buisan was found in the house of Anwar
Sandigan while holding a live fragmentation grenade.
Peralta said the raid was conducted in the presence of Jose
Sagadan Sr, chairperson of Barangay Dungguan.
Seized from the houses of the suspects were one M-67
fragmentation grenade, bomb making materials like blasting caps, detonating
cord, Nokia mobile phone, batteries, two motorcycles with questionable
registration, a home-made Uzi sub-machinegun.
Peralta said manhunt is still on going against the Sandigan
siblings while Buisan was brought to Mlang police lock up cell for tactical
interrogation.
Police and military authorities could not say if Buisan or
the Sandigan siblings were involved in bombing incidents in Mlang and Kabacan,
both in North Cotabato , last year.
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