Troops arrest two Abu Sayyaf bandits in Zambo City

From the Philippine News Agency (Mar 6): Troops arrest two Abu Sayyaf bandits in Zambo City

Combined police and military forces have arrested two suspected Abu Sayyaf bandits in an east coast village of this city, a top police official disclosed Wednesday.

Arrested on the virtue of warrant of arrest for murder were Edil Amajad and his brother, Sajid, according to Zamboanga City police officer-in-charge Senior Supt. Edwin de Ocampo.

De Ocampo said the Amajad brothers were arrested one after the other Tuesday in Barangay Muti, 58 kilometers east of this city.

The combined police and military forces swooped down Barangay Muti following information about the presence of the Amajad brothers in the place, De Ocampo said.

First to fall into the hands of the lawmen was Sajid, who was arrested around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, and Edil was cornered two hours later following continuous operation in Barangay Muti, he said.

The arrested suspects are believed to be followers of Marzan Ajijul, who is reportedly to have established a lair in Barangay Muti, he disclosed.

Pursuit operations continue aimed to arrest Ajijul, he said.  The Amajad brothers were arrested by joint forces from the Regional Intelligence Division 9, Task Force Zamboanga, Philippine Center on Transnational Crime (PCTC), Special Action Force, Naval Intelligence Service Group, Zamboanga City Police Office and other law enforcement units.

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