UPDATEand Sultan Kudarat cops arrest 16 big time drug pushers, seize P1.4-M shabu

ISULAN, Sultan Kudarat – Joint police operatives and agents of PNP Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operations Task Force (AIDSOTF) arrested Saturday dawn 15 persons, all related to a Maguindanao town mayor who was among those in police search warrants. The raid, according to Senior Supt. Raul Supiter, Sultan Kudarat provincial police director, led to the seizure of 39 huge packs of methamphetamine hydrochloride, also known as shabu, with an estimated market value of P1.2 million. Supiter said the special operation was conducted on a bungalow house in Purok Masagana, Gabion, Barangay Kalawag 1, Isulan, Sultan Kudrat. The house was named to Makee Tamondong, also known as Kagi Mak” and his wife Armina Tamondong alias Ate Khe. Supiter said the raid was conducted after verified information confirmed that voluminous stocks of prohibited drugs were kept in the house. He said the couple were arrested along with 13 others, all relatives of a Maguindanao town mayor who Supiter refused to identify due to follow up operations. A certain Wilson Nandang, alias Kiti,” managed to elude arrest.(Another report said the couple eluded arrest - ed) Follow-up investigation was still on going,” Supiter told reporters. The raiding team also seized documents showing payment transactions of illegal drug deals. sand//scontent.fceb2-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13876481_1015427001897442_4113523075569698954_n.jpg?oh=0f827e3cc04d0e748b86c072a695c449andampoe=5833E818 (Part of the documents seized during the raid - RadyoBida)Interviewed by DXOM-AM Radyo Bida-Koronadal, Senior Supt.Supiter identified the suspects asSuharto A. Dimalanes, 23 Benny T. Elie, 39 Abdulbanie T. Tamondong, 31, all ofAmpatuan Maguindanao Teng N. Zainal, 59 Rafsanjani E. Zainal, 30 both ofBarangay Malapag, Carmen North Cotabato. Marrymie G. Bagonbon, 21 Linang N. Guloy, 40 Momina P. Nandang, 58 Ahmad P. Guimba, 27 Nurudin L. Bangkao, 19 Esmael A. Ali, 46Abiehuraira A. Guloy, 50 Yasser G. Ezrael Daud, 33, all ofPagadian City.Also arrested wereEzrafael G. Daud , 33 ofCotabato City Samia P. Daud, 34 ofBarangay Lapuyan, Zamboanga Del Sur and si Armina H. Zacaria, 20 ofBarangayPedsandawan, Mamasapano, Maguindanao. The suspects are now undergoing tactical interrogation by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group. (Ferdinandh Cabrera)