Cotabato City Police chief Peraco Macacua hands over a 5-year old girl, abducted in Sultan Kudarat province, to her grandmother. (Mark Navales) COTABATO CITY (Mark Navales / 11 Jul) Police and Coast Guard authorities rescued a five-year old girl abducted by her two nannies in a joint operation in the southern Philippine port city of Cotabato.
Police said the girl Gabriela Victoria Cabico was rescued late Monday -- hours after she was abducted from their home in Isulan town in Sultan Kudarat province -- at a port in Cotabato City where the two women Lilibeth Sangrita and Mercy Cabasag planned their escape.
The duo were allegedly planning to bring and hide the girl to Pagadian City in Zamboanga del Sur province, police said.
Police said it is still investigating the motive of the abduction.
“The successful rescue of the girl can be attributed to the quick response and good coordination between the Philippine National Police in Isulan and Cotabato and the Coast Guard,” Senior Supt. Peraco Macacua, chief of the local police force, told the Zamboanga Journal.
Macacua said the two women were arrested inside a ferry that would supposedly bring them to Pagadian City. “The timely arrival of the authorities prevented their escape,” Macacua said.
He said members of the Cotabato’s PNP City Mobile Group led by Supt. Saiben Akmad and the Coast Guard District commander under Salvador Valenzuela sealed off the port to prevent the escape of the two women.
Police said the girl was reunited with her grandmother Fe Lacuda in Cotabato City. It was not immediately known if the family would file charges against the two women.
Police said the girl Gabriela Victoria Cabico was rescued late Monday -- hours after she was abducted from their home in Isulan town in Sultan Kudarat province -- at a port in Cotabato City where the two women Lilibeth Sangrita and Mercy Cabasag planned their escape.
The duo were allegedly planning to bring and hide the girl to Pagadian City in Zamboanga del Sur province, police said.
Police said it is still investigating the motive of the abduction.
“The successful rescue of the girl can be attributed to the quick response and good coordination between the Philippine National Police in Isulan and Cotabato and the Coast Guard,” Senior Supt. Peraco Macacua, chief of the local police force, told the Zamboanga Journal.
Macacua said the two women were arrested inside a ferry that would supposedly bring them to Pagadian City. “The timely arrival of the authorities prevented their escape,” Macacua said.
He said members of the Cotabato’s PNP City Mobile Group led by Supt. Saiben Akmad and the Coast Guard District commander under Salvador Valenzuela sealed off the port to prevent the escape of the two women.
Police said the girl was reunited with her grandmother Fe Lacuda in Cotabato City. It was not immediately known if the family would file charges against the two women.
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