AUTHORITIES arrested Tuesday morning, June 25, the Basilan Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) provincial director for illegal possession of explosives.

In a report, the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) identified the arrested person as Mujda Hataman.

Hataman was nabbed when authorities served a search warrant in Barangay San Rafael, Isabela City in Basilan before Tuesday dawn.

Recovered during the operation were one piece of electric blasting cap, 9 volt battery (HW MAX), a piece of 40MM, a piece of projectile 766MM with prutroding wire (corroded), one piece of hand-held radio, four cellular phones, and two laptops.

CIDG Zamboanga Peninsula Director Colonel Tom Tuzon said based on intelligence report, Hataman is the wife of a certain Abu Sayaff sub-leader Radzmir under Furuji Indama.

Tuzon said Hataman will face charges for illegal possession of explosives. (SunStar Philippines)