Authorities have arrested a member of the notorious Pentagon kidnap-for-ransom gang who was involved in the abduction of a rice-mill trader in Central Mindanao two years ago. Supt. Donardo Torres, chief of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, said the suspected Pentagon member, Rahib Mano Mohammad, a resident of Pansacala Street here, was arrested in a raid on their hideout while having a shabu session over the weekend along with Bai Puti Alim and Brahim Ali.
| "Shabu" is methamphetamine hydrochloride... |
Five grams of shabu were seized from the three, who are facing charges of illegal possession of prohibited drugs. They are detained at the PDEA-ARMM in Pedro Colina Hill. Torres said they received intelligence information that Mohammad was among the Pentagon members who kidnapped the rice trader Martina Martin of Libungan, North Cotabato in 2001. Martin, who now resides in Manila, was seized on November 4 inside their family-owned rice mill in Poblacion Libungan. âWe have already sent a photo of the suspect [Mohammad] to the family of the victim in Manila to confirm his involvement in the kidnapping. We hope to get a feedback anytime this week,â Torres said. |