GOVERNMENT agents arrested the most wanted person in Zamboanga Sibugay around 1:15 p.m. Friday, February 3, at a hotel in the village of Tirso Babiera, Ipil.
Arrested in a law enforcement operation by joint police and military operatives was Odih Wahab, a member of the Barahama Ali crime group, according to Senior Superintendent Romulo Cleve Taboso, Zamboanga Sibugay police director.
The police seized a caliber .45 pistol with ammunitions, fragmentation grenade, blasting caps, detonating cord, three large-size plastic sachet of suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride or locally known as “shabu,” and prohibited drug paraphernalia.
Taboso said Wahab, who is in the drug watch list and listed as high value target personality, faces charges for robbery, murder, and highway robbery and has standing warrants of arrest issued by the courts in Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay.
He added the suspect was involved in the robbery of the One Network Bank Kabasalan branch manager and employees on December 27, 2016 in Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay.
Wahab was also involved in the shootout on May 2, 2016 in the village of Tenan, Ipil, which resulted to the death of a soldier and the burning of a police vehicle. (Bong Garcia/VoxPop Philippines)