The sources said Paul Leyaley Sumbad, 28, who had been hiding for almost a month now since authorities named him as the alleged brains in the kidnap-slaying of Senly Loy, was arrested in Pasay City at about 11:30 a.m. yesterday.
Sumbad, a native of Sabangan, Mountain Province, along with Roger Agtulao and seven others, is facing kidnapping charges in Regional Trial Court Branch 62 here.
Earlier reports said Sumbad, a US citizen, returned to the country in the late 90s and set up a gas filling station here.
The National Anti-Kidnapping Task Force tagged him as the one who allegedly financed Loy’s kidnapping, paying for the syndicate’s safehouse on Ambuklao Road in Baguio City.
According to a witness, Sumbad was present when the abductors burned Loy’s body along the Halsema Highway several hours after he was seized.
Loy’s charred remains were found in a shallow grave in Atok, Benguet last May 18, or two months after he was abducted.