From the Philippine News Agency (Jul 27): Troops apprehend 2 Sayyaf bandits
The Joint Task Force Tawi-Tawi on Thursday announced the arrest of two Abu Sayyaf bandits involved in series of robbery in that province.
Brig. Gen. Custodio Parcon Jr., Joint Task Force Tawi-Tawi commander, identified the arrested suspects as Merson Arak Garim and Rustom Garim, both members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), based in Panglima Sugala.
Parcon said the two suspects were arrested while the Marine Battalion Landing Team-9 (MBLT-9) troops were on combat operations around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday in Barangay Batu-Batu, Panglima Sugala, Tawi-Tawi.
“Prompted by reports alleging the presence of seven Abu Sayyaf bandits and the commission of robbery by the said group in Barangay Batu-Batu, the Marine troops conducted the offensive, yielding to the arrest of the Garims and the seizure of an M-16 (rifle) loaded with ammunition,” Parcon said.
The civilians reported the presence of the Abu Sayyaf bandits, who were armed with M-16 and caliber .30 rifles on Tuesday in Panglima Sugala.
The Abu Sayyaf bandits resorted to robbery to sustain themselves victimizing farmers in far-flung areas like in Barangay Balimbing, Panglima Sugala since the marine troops intensified the conduct of seaborne patrols.
On Monday, July 24, the bandits robbed a certain Mansiar, a tenant of a coconut farm and threatened to kill its owner, Reny Flores, a brother of a soldier assigned with the MBLT-9.
Parcon said records showed the mayor of Panglimna Sugala has ordered the Garims to leave the town but they refused and has established a temporary harbor site in Barangay Batu-Batu in that municipality.
The Garims were turned over to the custody of the police in Panglima Sugala town.
The arrest of the Garims have brought to 72 Abu Sayyaf bandits apprehended by the government troops as of Wednesday, July 26, here in Western Mindanao.
Of the total, 11 were nabbed in Basilan, 43 in Sulu, seven in Tawi-Tawi, and 11 in this city.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1003312
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