Zamboanga del Sur anti-crime drive nets 4 suspects

PAGADIAN CITY – Four persons, three of them suspected guns for hire, were now under police custody following a law enforcement operation in Dinas, Zamboanga del Sur on Thursday.

Senior Inspector Felixberto Rule Jr., the Dinas police chief, said they have arrested Marcus Isong through the serving of a warrant on Thursday in Barangay San Jose in Dinas. His two cohorts, Gilbert Bualat and Renato Fuentevilla, were surrendered by some local officials, also on Thursday.

Rule said the three men were tagged in the series of contract killings in Dinas and neighboring areas.

Also on Thursday, he said that Atu Bidu, also known as Apdal Usman, was arrested for involvement in a robbery incident.

Bidu, he said, was part of a group behind the October 2016 highway robbery, in which, bus driver Diosdado Retiza was killed.

The police chief said that Bidu’s group was also tagged as behind several extortion activities targeting local business.

They were now being temporarily held at the Dinas police jail.