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ZAMBOANGA CITY - A high-value target (HVT) and 11 other individuals were arrested in separate anti-drug operations in the past week in this region, according to the Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9). The arrested HVT was identified as Jayboy Elorde, 31, a top 8 priority target in the police anti-drug campaign of Ipil, the capital of Zamboanga Sibugay province. Col. Albert Larubis, Zamboanga Sibugay police director, on Saturday said Elorde was arrested around 11:20 p.m. Friday in Purok Dayang, Barangay Tiayon, Ipil. Seized from Elorde were some PHP7,990 worth of suspected shabu packed in four he...

Zamboanga Peninsula map ZAMBOANGA CITY - Units under the Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9) have arrested seven drug suspects and seized some PHP1.4 million worth of illegal drugs in separate operations over the past week here in the Zamboanga Peninsula. The latest drug haul happened Friday in Sitio Aticlan, Barangay Arena Blanco, here. Col. Richard Verseles, operations chief of the Area Police Command-Western Mindanao (APC-WM), said suspect Nasser Alih was arrested in possession of some 100 grams of suspected shabu worth PHP680,000 around 1:50 p.m. Friday by the Special Operations Unit-9 in Sit...

Google map of Pinan municipality, Zamboanga del Norte. ZAMBOANGA CITY - An election officer was killed while her assistant escaped unharmed in a drive-by shooting in Zamboanga del Norte's town of Pinan, a police official said Friday. Maj. Shellamie Chang, the Police Regional Office-Zamboanga Peninsula information officer, said Marcicel Peralta died instantaneously after being shot by a motorcycle-riding gunman around 8:42 p.m. Thursday in Barangay Lapu-Lapu, Pinan. Peralta, 45, is the election officer of Mutia, Zamboanga del Norte. Marites Inding, 52, Mutia's assistant election officer...

MANILA: Philippine police said on Wednesday they had arrested a suspected Daesh recruiter and firearms supplier in southern Zamboanga Sibugay province. The suspect, identified as Abdul Salikala, was seized during a raid by security forces in the municipality of Tungawan on Tuesday. Police described him as “an ISIS-inspired supporter,” using another term for the terror group

ZAMBOANGA CITY - Police are looking into the possibility that the reported strafing of the house of a political supporter in Bayog, Zamboanga del Sur last Friday, April 15, was election-related. P/Maj. Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office-9 Public information Officer, said the house owner, Saldy