The alleged members of the "Madrox group," a gang that plies the drug trade in Cotabato province, captured during a joint law enforcement operation by the Army and MILF. (photo courtesy of OPAPP)
A weeklong joint law enforcement operation by the Army and Moro Islamic Liberation Front led to the capture of 13 alleged members of an armed group engaged in the drug trade in Cotabato province, the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process said Saturday.
The group, led by Samad Masgal, alias “Commander Madrox,” was the target of a similar joint operation in August that ended with four gang members and three soldiers dead.
The October 5 to 11 operation saw government and MILF forces scouring Nabalawag, Kapinpilan, and Kadingilan in Midsayap town, leading to the capture of Ali Masgal Buat, Guiamalodin Kalay Palakad, Guiama Milikano y Masgal, Mandag Mamalinta y Mamao, Nandi Pagao y Sinangkad, Taokie Habip Lumilis, Kenny Gumbila Dima, Ronnie Ferrer Catulong, Morem Masgal Milicano, Omar Masgal Angking, Sari Alim Lumilis, Mantoa Amal Gombila and Tiyabong Mamalinta.
Commander Madrox, however, remains at large.
Also seized in the operation were two grenade launchers, two M16 rifles, an M14 rifle, a homemade shotgun, a .30-caliber Garand rifle, a homemade .50-caliber sniper rifle, one rocket-propelled grenade and two fragmentation grenades, a number of handguns and several sachets of methamphetamine, or “shabu.”
The suspects were turned over to the Cotabato police Friday, the OPAPP said.
The OPAPP quoted Gordon Sayfulah, commander of the MILF’s Central Mindanao Front, as saying the joint operation “has resulted into better and peaceful lives for our stakeholders as well as stronger confidence between (government) and MILF forces.”
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/133364/joint-milf-army-operation-nets-13-members-of-cotabato-drug-gang---opapp
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