Kidnap gang member falls

ZAMBOANGA - GOVERNMENT authorities have arrested another member of the kidnap-for-ransom-group (KFRG) and a notorious drug personality in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, a police official announced.

Senior Superintendent Romulo Cleve Taboso, Zamboanga Sibugay police director, named the arrested KFRG member as Marjuk Dacula of the Mamay Aburi and Reming Sabtal KFRG.

Taboso said Dacula was arrested by joint police and military operatives in a law enforcement operation around 8 a.m., Sunday, in the village of Silal, Payao, Zamboanga Sibugay.

Taboso said Dacula has a standing warrant of arrest for kidnapping with ransom issued by a court in Ipil, the capital of Zamboanga Sibugay province.