ASG member on run for 14 years arrested in Zamboanga City

From the Philippine News Agency (Nov 21, 2022): ASG member on run for 14 years arrested in Zamboanga City (By Teofilo Garcia, Jr.)

WANTED FOR MURDER. Policemen escort Abdulnasser Cobot, a 47-year-old member of the Abu Sayyaf Group after his arrest Saturday (Nov. 19, 2022) in Barangay Labuan, Zamboanga City. Cobot, who is charged with murder, had been hiding for the past 14 years. (Photo courtesy of Zamboanga CPO)

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities arrested an alleged member of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), who went into hiding for 14 years in this southern port city, a top police official said Monday.

City police director Col. Alexander Lorenzo said 47-year-old Abdulnasser Cobot was arrested at 5:11 p.m. Saturday in Purok 4, Barangay Labuan, this city.

Cobot was nabbed after his presence in the area was confirmed through an intelligence operation.

Lorenzo said Cobot, a native of Barangay Lakiki, Sibuco, Zamboanga del Norte, is also a member of a crime group engaged in contract killing.

He said Cobot has a standing arrest warrant for murder with no recommended bail dated April 8, 2008 as issued by the city court.

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