Police arrest 41 threat group members in Zamboanga City

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines — The intensified police law enforcement campaign led to the arrest of at least 41 members of different threat groups in Zamboanga peninsula, Police Regional Office-9 director Brig. Gen. Bowenn Joey Masauding said yesterday.

Masauding said 38 of those arrested were members of the communist group while three were members of local terror groups.

The most significant accomplishment, he said, was the arrest of Mobin Kullin, who is included in the national list of most wanted persons and carries a reward of P600,000 for kidnapping and serious illegal detention.

Kullin was reportedly a member of the Abu Sayyaf group under Ustadz Kalah, Khadaffy Janjalani and Isnilon Hapilon, all of whom were operating in Lantawan town in Basilan.