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November 7, 2017

ZAMBOANGA City--Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), backed by Naval Intelligence Service Group (NISG), seized PhP5 million worth of illegal drugs and arrested five people in a buy-bust operation in this city, an official said Saturday. PDEA Regional Director Lyndon Aspacio said the buy-bust operation was carried at around 3 p.m. Friday along Governor Camins Avenue in Barangay Canelar, this city. Aspacio identified those arrested as Din-din Ronie, 30; Dismar Gulam, 23; Jamesar Abdulmaid, 33; Jamesar Hussin, 33; and, Binnajar Hadjili, 30. Aspacio said all suspects except for Ronie are from the town of Panamao, Sulu. Ronie is from Panglima Estino town of the same province. ASEAN SECURITY FORCE. A priest blesses the 60,000-strong multi-agency force dur He said confiscated from ing the send-off ceremonies on November 5, 2017 for the upcoming 31st Association See seize, page 11

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GENERAL Santos City--Joint operatives arrested two alleged members of a local terrorist cell that supposedly doubles as protector of a major drug group in an operation late Wednesday night in Maasim town in Sarangani Province. Gil Cesario Castro, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Region 12 director, identified the suspects as brothers Faroon Lumatao, 35, and Alhotaibby Lumatao, 36, both

listed as high-value drug targets. He said the brothers were alleged members of the Ansar Al-Khalifa Philippines (AKP), which has pledged support to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. “Both are protecting the El Patron Drug Group that operates in South Central Mindanao,” he said in a statement. Armed with a search warrant, Castro said they stormed

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By GERRY LEE GORIT Correspondent

CAGAYAN de Oro City-Authorities arrested a woman identified as wife of one of the leaders of the local terror group, in Iligan City Sunday morning, a report from the Philippine National Police-10 (PNP-10) said. Police identified the person arrested as Minhati Madrais, also known as “Baby.” Her name matches that of the passport issued by the Indonesian government taken from her possession. Police recovered inside the house where Madrais and her children are living in four blasting caps, two detonating cords, and a time fuse. These components are believed to be used in making improvised explosive device (IED). Police said a team of law enforcers and military operatives raided Madrais’ residence in Steele Makers Village, Barangay Tubod, Iligan City based on the Arrest, Search and Seizure Order (ASSO) 1. Madrais is said to be the wife of Omar Maute, one of the founders of the Maute Group, a band of extremists that fought the government forces in Marawi City. Senior Supt. Leony Roy Ga, Iligan City police chief, said Madrais admitted to investigators she is Omar’s

wife. Ga said the information relayed to them by intelligence operatives was the presence of “Baby” in the Tubod. “We were able to trace her relationship with Omar through the photos provided to us. In some of the photos she was with Omar,” Ga said in a phone interview Sunday. He said Madrais could hardly speak the local languages, Maranao and Tagalog, but she can converse in English. Ga said they are in the process of establishing Madrais’ participation in the terroristic activities of the Maute group, adding that it is likely that she has a role in the group’s operations due to her relationship with Omar. He said they will also conduct a forensic examination on the suspect’s cellphone to check if she has any contact with other members of the Maute group considering that Omar, along with Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon, was killed during a military offensive in Marawi a few days ago. Based on the police’s investigation, Madrais moved to Iligan from Marawi at the height of the conflict there. When the Marawi siege erupted, Madrais told police said she was taken to Iligan

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