{"id":123579,"date":"2017-10-13T05:24:06","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T09:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=123579"},"modified":"2017-10-13T05:24:06","modified_gmt":"2017-10-13T09:24:06","slug":"cops-raid-sk-mayors-house-seize-guns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/10\/13\/cops-raid-sk-mayors-house-seize-guns\/","title":{"rendered":"Cops raid SK mayor\u2019s house, seize guns"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_120210\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120210\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/15799967_1369298639778055_704500848704422556_o-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120210\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/15799967_1369298639778055_704500848704422556_o-1.jpg\" alt=\"FILE: Philippine National Police personnel (Photo: Philippine National Police\/Facebook)\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/15799967_1369298639778055_704500848704422556_o-1.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/15799967_1369298639778055_704500848704422556_o-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/15799967_1369298639778055_704500848704422556_o-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/15799967_1369298639778055_704500848704422556_o-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-120210\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Philippine National Police personnel (Photo: Philippine National Police\/Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>ISULAN, Sultan Kudarat \u2014 Police operatives, acting on tip about the presence of a private armed group, raided the mayor\u2019s house of adjacent Palimbang town on Friday dawn and seized unlicensed high-powered firearms.<\/p>\n<p>Sr. Supt. Raul Supiter, Sultan Kudarat police provincial director, said the police, backed by the Army, raided the house of Palimbang Mayor Abubakar Maulana in Barangay Poblacion and recovered several firearms and a hand grenade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMayor Maulana was not in his home during the raid,\u201d Supiter said.<\/p>\n<p>Citing intelligence reports, Supiter said Maulana was known to be maintaining a private armed group in his town. Also raided was the house of Maulana\u2019s supporter, a village official of Barangay Maguid, who was not identified in the report.<\/p>\n<p>The village official\u2019s home yielded two M-14 rifles, an M-79 grenade launcher and ammunition.<\/p>\n<p>Another follower of Maulana, identified only as Ali, was arrested by lawmen for carrying a .45-caliber pistol while the police were searching his home in Barangay Botril, Palimbang.<\/p>\n<p>Supiter said the village of Botril was a former training camp of Ansar Al-Kilafah Philippines; an ISIS-allied armed group operating in the provinces of Sarangani and Sultan Kudarat and linked to the Maute terrorist group in Lanao del Sur.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomeone may have tipped off Maulana about the operation and left his home before the police arrived,\u201d Supiter said of the 2 a.m. raid.<\/p>\n<p>In July this year, police also raided the house of Maulana\u2019s sister, Zahara, in Barangay Labangal, Gen. Santos City.<\/p>\n<p>Zahara is the municipal administrator of Palimbang. Seized from her house were two 9mm pistols and a .40-caliber pistol. 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