Suspected 'narco-vice mayor' on Duterte list arrested

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjilmKdL_oLaxJ6RNozAzBJOSTj3zXQvtuKP0fxOEwOTe3617G6LnhSqGig4nL8ZXkwv7YmPADlBD5F_VHF7uqO1n98rmb30_vy4vqhp-2JImOymSz4oRRliD-APwDAvFZcVV7hYPsn5iB2/s1600/Screenshot_4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjilmKdL_oLaxJ6RNozAzBJOSTj3zXQvtuKP0fxOEwOTe3617G6LnhSqGig4nL8ZXkwv7YmPADlBD5F_VHF7uqO1n98rmb30_vy4vqhp-2JImOymSz4oRRliD-APwDAvFZcVV7hYPsn5iB2/s640/Screenshot_4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">COTABATO CITY – Police operatives allegedly arrested suspected "narco-politician" Talitay Vice Mayor Abdulwahab Sabal Thursday afternoon at the Awang Airport in Datu Odin Sinsuat.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">According to employees and security officers of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) who witnessed the incident, Sabal was at the airport’s arrival area when he was approached by alleged operatives of the Mindanao Anti-Illegal Drugs Group (AIDG).</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Speaking with ABS-CBN News Friday morning, Sabal’s younger brother Morsheed Manibpel, a councilor in Talitay, said his family does not know where the vice mayor is.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They have not been able to speak with him, Manibpel said, and were not told why the vice mayor was taken into custody.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Kami ay nananawagan na saan man yung kapatid namin, sana ilabas ninyo at ipa-contact sa amin para naman malaman namin yung status nila," he said.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">("We are calling on those who took my brother to release him, and let him get in touch with us so we will know how he is.")</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Manibpel said that the alleged AIDG operatives gave chase to a companion of the vice mayor, who was in a vehicle at the airport, but he evaded capture.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sabal, the vice mayor of Talitay, Maguindanao, was included in a list of politicians allegedly involved in the illegal drug trade, which was released by President Rodrigo Duterte last month. His brother, Talitay Mayor Montasir Sabal, was also included in the list.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mayor Sabal is currently on Hajj, a pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The siblings earlier appeared before PNP Chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa to clear their name.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The mayor and vice mayor were both officers of the Philippine National Police before entering politics. Their two younger brothers are also policemen. </span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mayor Sabal had admitted that he was involved in the illegal drug trade "long before" he entered politics, but that this was no longer the case.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">READ MORE:</span><a href="http://www.trendingnewsphfile.com/2016/09/pnp-is-on-hunt-against-davao-city-blast.html" target="_blank"> <b>PNP ON HUNT AGAINST DAVAO CITY-BLAST SUSPECTS</b></a></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Source: <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/09/16/alleged-narco-vice-mayor-on-duterte-list-arrested" target="_blank">ABS-CBN</a></span></div>

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