AN ALLEGED member of a lawless group engaged in banditry was arrested in an intelligence-driven law enforcement operation in the province of Zamboanga del Norte, the police reported Saturday, August 8, 2020.

Police Brigadier General Jesus Cambay, Jr., Police Regional Office-Zamboanga Peninsula director, identified the arrested suspect as Bobosol Salasin Layas alias Usman Bobosol, 72.

Cambay said Layas was arrested in a law enforcement operation by way of service of a warrant of arrest around 2 p.m. Friday in Sitio Bunkhouse in Sirawai proper village, Sirawai, Zamboanga del Norte.

Cambay said Layas has a standing warrant of arrest for the crime of multiple murder with no recommended bail issued on June 11, 2020, by the court of Siocon, Zamboanga del Norte. (SunStar Zamboanga)