Gang Leader behind Aussie Kidnapping Arrested in Ipil
- Aug 22, 2016
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A combined force of Philippine authorities, this province arrested the sub-leader of the gang linked to the 2011 kidnapping of Australian adventurer Warren Rodwell.
In an operation conducted on August 20 at Tenan, Ipil, the police force together with the Philippine Army arrested the suspect, identified as Hasim Calon alias Ging-ging/Husein who belongs to the Ali-Barahamah Alih kidnap-for-ransom group.
Superintendent Rogelio Alabata, Police Regional Spokesman said that Calon is involved in several kidnapping incidents in the province, particularly the abduction of Joel Indino in Ipil on January 29, 2011 and Richard Warren Rodwell, an Australian national who was abducted in December 2011.
In the operation authorities seized crystal meth from Calon, who is also a notorious drug dealer in the province.
Calon’s group is also linked with the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and other rebel groups in the southern region.
Rodwell, a former soldier in the Australian army, was kidnapped by gunmen who posed as policemen from his house in Ipil and was freed on March 2013 after his Filipino wife Miraflor Gutang paid $94,000 ransom to the Abu Sayyaf, which originally demanded $2 million. (KAVM)
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