Police arrested a government official and seized bomb-making materials in a law enforcement operation in Basilan province Tuesday.
Maj. Helen Galvez, Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9) information officer, identified the arrested official as Muida Hataman, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) provincial director of Basilan.
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Galvez said Hataman was arrested after a court-ordered search around 4:10 a.m. Tuesday in Barangay San Rafael, Isabela City, which resulted in the confiscation of an electric blasting cap other bomb-making materials, a caliber 40-millimeter ammunition; wire, a millimeter mortar cartridge, and other pieces of evidence.
Galvez declined to comment on Hataman’s possible link with lawless elements in Basilan and elsewhere.
Muida Hataman, TESDA director for Basilan province, was arrested for possession of bomb-making materials on Tuesday in Isabela City, Basilan. (Mugshot photo release by CIDG-Manila)
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Galvez said Hataman was placed under the custody of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group.
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This article first appeared on PNA.
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