A suspected leader of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters and his companion were killed in an alleged shootout with law enforcers in Tacurong City in Sultan Kudarat yesterday.
MARIJUANA PLANTATION. Policemen destroy a marijuana plantation in Barangay Bato-Bato, Maguing, Lanao del Sur on Friday (Feb. 17, 2023). Some 25,000 fully grown marijuana plants worth PHP5 million were uprooted and burned by the police raiding team. (Photo courtesy of Area Police Command-Western Mindanao) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Authorities have destroyed some PHP5 million worth of fully grown marijuana plants in a remote village in Lanao del Sur, a top police official said Friday. Col. Richard Verceles, operations chief of the Area Police Command-Western Mindanao, said the marijuana plantation was discovered in Barangay Bato-Bato, Maguing town. No one was arrested as the cultivator, identified only as Tacmar, was not around when policemen swooped down on the plantation. Members of the raiding team have uprooted and burned some 25,000 fully grown marijuana plants planted in a 5,000-square-meter lot. Verceles said the existence of the marijuana plantation was uncovered based on information prov
Lanao del Sur Gov. Mamintal Adiong Jr. survived an ambush despite being shot below the waist yesterday afternoon in Maguing town, but four of his escorts were killed.
MEDAL. Brig. Gen. John Guyguyon, Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (PRO-BAR) director, awarded the Medalya ng Sugatang Magiting (PNP Wounded Personnel Medal) to Corporal Sammy Marohom, who was wounded in an ambush on Feb. 11, 2023 in Picong, Lanao del Sur. Col. Richard Verceles, operations chief of the Area Police Command-Western Mindanao, said Thursday (Feb. 16, 2023) that a manhunt is underway against the suspects in the ambush that also resulted in the death of Staff Sergeant Albert Magdayao. (Photo lifted from PRO-BAR Facebook Page) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Authorities have intensified their manhunt against five carnappers who killed a policeman and injured another during a recent ambush in Lanao del Sur province, a top police official said Thursday. Col. Richard Verceles, operations chief of the Area Police Command-Western Mindanao, said three of the five carnappers were identified as Aminola Acub Alilang alias Koko, Lani Sancopan Alilang, and Fahad Sancopan Alilang all