November 22, 2012, Sun Star, Abu Sayyaf bandit falls in Basilan,

November 22, 2012, Sun Star, Abu Sayyaf bandit falls in Basilan, 

Thursday,

ZAMBOANGA CITY -– Combined military and police operatives have arrested a member of the notorious Abu Sayyaf group in the island province of Basilan on Thursday.

Alberto Caber, spokesman of the Army’s 1st Infantry Division, said the bandit was arrested Thursday in the port of Isabela City, the capital of Basilan province.

Caber identified the arrested Abu Sayyaf bandit as Abu Jaid also known as "Ajing," who was arrested on the strength of a warrant of arrest for kidnapping and murder.

The warrant of arrest was issued by Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 1 Judge Leo Jay Principe, Caber said.

Jaid was involved in the 2001 kidnapping and beheading of two workers of the Golden Harvest Plantation in Barangay Tairan in Lantawan, Basilan, according to Caber.

Jaid is now in Zamboanga City for proper disposition, he said.

Major General Ricardo Rainier Cruz III, 1st Infantry Division commander, lauded the military and policemen for the arrest.

“This is the fruit of our Bayanihan in our communities, and strong support from our local officials,” Cruz said.(PNA)