SULU, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 20, 2008) – Two Abu Sayyaf members linked to the kidnapping of a Philippine television presenter and three others had been arrested in the southern province of Sulu, police said.
Police said the duo was intercepted at a government checkpoint near a marine base in the village of Buhanginan in Patikul town on Saturday.
The two, both teenagers, were positively identified by the authorities as involved in the June 8 kidnapping of Ces Drilon and her cameramen Jimmy Encarnacion and Angelo Valderama, including their guide Prof. Octavio Dinampo. The four were freed weeks later after private negotiators paid P20 million ransom.
One of the two suspects was identified as Nadzmir Amirul. They were on a motorcycle when stopped at the checkpoint. (Mindanao Examiner)
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