COTABATO CITY, Philippines – Police and the Marine Battalion Landing Team 1 arrested on Christmas Day a kidnap gang leader tagged in the snatchings of several traders in Central Mindanao in recent years.
The suspect, Guiaman Esmael Manda, alias Boy Timako, was also tagged in more than a dozen killings here as a gun-for-hire.
Manda was nabbed along with his son, Jing Kamdan, who is also wanted for heinous crimes, in a raid on their hideout in Barangay Bulibod, Sultan Kudarat town in the first district of Maguindanao.
Manda tried to resist arrest, but was immediately subdued by the raiding team.