ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities have arrested two most wanted persons who had been hiding for 18 years, and seized high-powered firearms in separate law enforcement operations in Tawi-Tawi, a top police official said Saturday.
Col. Ronaldo Fulo, Tawi-Tawi police director, identified the arrested persons as Omad Amil, the 10th most wanted person in the province, and Akin Napii, the most wanted person in the provincial capital of Bongao.
Fulo said Amil was arrested in a warrant of arrest operation by a joint team of policemen and National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) agents in Kintakay Island, Languyan town at about 3:35 p.m. on Friday.
He said Amil has a pending warrant of arrest for murder and double frustrated murder with no recommended bail issued by the court of Bongao on Oct. 16, 2002.
Fulo said seized from Amil’s hideout were two M-14 rifles with nearly 200 ammunition, 25 ammunition for a caliber .30 machinegun, and two bandoliers.
Meanwhile, Napii was arrested in another warrant of arrest operation by a joint police and NICA team in Barangay Sikullis, Languyan at about 12:20 p.m. Friday.
He said Napii has a standing warrant of arrest for murder and double frustrated murder issued by the court of Bongao dated Oct. 16, 2002.
Fulo did not indicate in the report whether the two wanted persons committed the crimes together as their respective warrants of arrest have similar dates of issuance.
He said the two were informed of their constitutional rights in dialects they fully understand and were turned over to the Bongao Municipal Police for documentation and proper disposition. (PNA)
