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ASG SURRENDERERS. The Joint Task Force (JTF)-Sulu hands over four Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) surrenderers (holding rifles) on Wednesday (Feb. 16, 2022) to the Municipal Task Force in Ending Local Armed Conflict (MTF-ELAC) of Luuk, Sulu. The four ASG surrendered to the 4th Marine Brigade based in the town of Luuk and will undergo a reintegration program to become productive and responsible citizens. (Photo courtesy of JTF-Sulu) ZAMBOANGA CITY - The Joint Task Force (JTF)-Sulu has handed over four Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) surrenderers to the Municipal Task Force in Ending Local Armed Conflict (MTF-ELAC) in Luuk town for reintegration to mainstream society, officials said Thursday. The MTF-ELAC is Sulu's version of the national government's National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), which was created through Executive Order 70 signed by President Rodrigo Duterte in 2018 institutionalizing the whole-of-nation approach to address the local communist armed confl ....
CASH REWARD. Police Regional Office-Zamboanga Peninsula (PRO-9) director Brig. Gen. Franco Simborio, during a ceremony at Camp Abendan in Barangay Mercedes on Tuesday (Dec. 28, 2021), hands over the cash reward to the informant who provided vital information that led to the arrest of three high-value drug suspects and confiscation of PHP6.8 million worth of shabu in Zamboanga City. The anti-drug operation was carried out last Sunday in Barangay Upper Calarian. (Photo courtesy of PRO-9) ZAMBOANGA CITY - The Police Regional Office - Zamboanga Peninsula (PRO-9) on Tuesday handed over a cash reward to an informant who provided vital information that led to the confiscation of PHP6.8 million worth of shabu and the arrest of three high-value suspects here. Brig. Gen. Franco Simborio, PRO-9 director, assisted by Col. Rexmel Reyes, Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) director, handed over the reward in a ceremony at Camp Abendan, the PRO-9 headquarters in Barangay Mercedes. "The amount re ....
ANTI-DRUG OPERATION. An undercover policeman (seated) conducts an inventory on the pieces of evidence seized in an anti-drug operation that resulted in the confiscation of PHP6.8 million worth of shabu Sunday (Dec. 26, 2021) in Barangay Calarian, Zamboanga City. Arrested during the anti-drug operation were three people (standing), including a former soldier (standing, right) tagged as a high-value target suspect. (Photo courtesy of Zamboanga City Police Office's Station 11) ZAMBOANGA CITY - A former soldier tagged as a high-value target and two others were arrested while some PHP6.8 million worth of illegal drugs were seized in an anti-drug operation in this city, the police reported Monday. Maj. Chester Natividad, Zamboanga City Police Office's (ZCPO) Station 11 chief, said the arrested suspects are all from Jolo, Sulu and identified as follows: Jaafar Ekong, 51, a former soldier who went on absence without official leave (AWOL); Darwisa Ibbo, 48; and, Toto Samson, 32. Nativid ....
ANTI-DRUG OPERATIONS. Police operatives of the Zamboanga City Police Office's (ZCPO) Station 7 seize some PHP326,400 worth of suspected shabu when they arrested Aziz Alamia, 44, in an anti-drug operation in Barangay Tumaga early Wednesday (Dec. 1, 2021). Four other suspects were arrested in separate anti-drug operations Tuesday (Nov. 30, 2021) also in the city. (Photo courtesy of ZCPO's Station 7) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Five people were arrested while some PHP381,240 worth of illegal drugs were seized in separate anti-drug operations Tuesday and Wednesday in this southern port city. Brig. Gen. Franco Simborio, Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9) director, identified the arrested suspects as Aziz Alamia, 44; Kiram Bahjin, 34; Ruben Guzman, 27; Arvin Arac, 38; and, Karim Ahang, 36. Simborio said that Alamia was arrested by the Zamboanga City Police Office's (ZCPO) Station 7 operatives in an anti-drug operation around 3:15 a.m. Wednesday at the bypass road in Barangay Tumaga here. The ....
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Six persons, including a suspected member of a drug syndicate, were arrested while some PHP531,760 worth of shabu were seized in separate anti-drug operations in the region, the police reported Wednesday. Brig. Gen. Franco Simborio, newly-installed Police Regional Office (PRO) 9 (Zamboanga Peninsula) director, identified the suspects as cousins Gasir, 47, and Mursid, 36, both surnamed Jumampa; Normina Alisane-Prontoza, 32; Marites Secusana, 45; Joselito Carido, 28; and, Al-Khalid Mohammad, 24. The Jumampas were arrested in an anti-drug operation around 8:16 a.m. Tuesday in Barangay Sta. Catalina, Simborio said. Recovered from the two were some 50 grams of suspected shabu worth PHP340,000, a belt bag, and 79 PHP1,000 bills as boodle money topped with a genuine PHP1,000 marked money. Around 9:10 p.m. Tuesday, Secusana and Carido were arrested in an anti-drug operation in Marcos Drive, Barangay Putik. Confiscated from the two were some PHP40,800 worth of suspected shabu, ....