Joint AFP, PNP operatives collar senior BIFF leader in Maguindanao

(BIFF REBELS)

SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao (DWDD) - Combined elements of the AFP and PNP arrested a ranking BIFF leader in Cotabato City.

Abdulgani Esmael Pagao, the Deputy Commander of the BIFF was arrested in Campo Muslim, Brgy Mother Bagua, Cotabato City at about 8:30pm.

He did not resist arrest when the law enforcers served the arrest warrant issued by Executive Judge Bansawan Z Ibrahim.

A loaded caliber .45 M1911A1 pistol and a fragmentation grenade were confiscated from Pagao.

He was turned over to the CIDG for inquest proceedingsyesterday.

Pagao is the second ranking BIFF leader who was arrested by government troops since the start of the law enforcement operations against the BIFF in February 2015.

Another leader, Commander Bisaya, was killed in a clash with the Army troops in Datu Unsay town on March 29.

Gen Gregorio Catapang Jr, AFP Chief, ended the “all out offensive operations” against the BIFF at 12nn on Monday (Mar 30).

Calibrated law enforcement actions against the bandits using small unit patrols will continue.

Source:http://dwdd.com.ph/2015/joint-afp-pnp-operatives-collar-senior-biff-leader-in-maguindanao/