Police authorities here disclosed yesterday that kidnap victim Jed Quimbo, a businessman and son of Labason Mayor Eddie Quimbo might have already been brought to Sulu by his kidnappers and was already turned over to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) operating in the province.
Police Regional Office 9 regional director Chief Supt. Billy Beltran said that they have indications that Quimbo is now in the custody of the Abu Sayyaf in Sulu.
“Based from monitoring and intelligence information in the area we have indications that Quimbo and his captors were able to slip out of Zamboanga Del Norte and are now in Sulu,” Beltran revealed.
However, Beltran said they cannot prevent the Quimbo family from negotiating with the kidnappers, although the police and the military still maintain the government’s no-ransom policy.
As this developed, the PRO 9 chief said the police and the military are coordinating with each other and are exerting efforts for the rescue of the victim including others who are still in the custody of the bandit group.
Beltran added that the kidnap victim is alive based from the proof of life the family recently received directly from the kidnappers.
It will be recalled, Quimbo, 30, was forcibly taken by six heavily armed men while he tendering his grocery store in Labason, Zamboanga del Norte last September 6, 2017.
During the abduction, the employees and laborers in the grocery store failed to help Quimbo as all of them were held at gunpoint.
Responding police immediately launched hot pursuit operation but failed to catch up with the fleeing kidnappers. However, authorities recovered the van used by the captors which was abandoned along the coastal area of Barangay Osukan, just some three kilometers away from the town proper.
“We are doing everything to help rescue of the victim from his captors,” Beltran said.
Police Regional Office 9 regional director Chief Supt. Billy Beltran said that they have indications that Quimbo is now in the custody of the Abu Sayyaf in Sulu.
“Based from monitoring and intelligence information in the area we have indications that Quimbo and his captors were able to slip out of Zamboanga Del Norte and are now in Sulu,” Beltran revealed.
However, Beltran said they cannot prevent the Quimbo family from negotiating with the kidnappers, although the police and the military still maintain the government’s no-ransom policy.
As this developed, the PRO 9 chief said the police and the military are coordinating with each other and are exerting efforts for the rescue of the victim including others who are still in the custody of the bandit group.
Beltran added that the kidnap victim is alive based from the proof of life the family recently received directly from the kidnappers.
It will be recalled, Quimbo, 30, was forcibly taken by six heavily armed men while he tendering his grocery store in Labason, Zamboanga del Norte last September 6, 2017.
During the abduction, the employees and laborers in the grocery store failed to help Quimbo as all of them were held at gunpoint.
Responding police immediately launched hot pursuit operation but failed to catch up with the fleeing kidnappers. However, authorities recovered the van used by the captors which was abandoned along the coastal area of Barangay Osukan, just some three kilometers away from the town proper.
“We are doing everything to help rescue of the victim from his captors,” Beltran said.
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