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Alleged drug lord, Maute financier killed in Lanao del Sur operation

John Unson - Philstar.com
June 7, 2017 | 2:40pm
Alleged drug lord, Maute financier killed in Lanao del Sur operation

Encinas said intelligence agents of the 6th IB received information from locals purporting that the slain Balindong had links with the Maute terror group. Bing Maps

 LANAO DEL SUR, Philippines — Government agents shot dead an alleged drug lord and financier of the Maute terror group during a law enforcement operation in Malabang town in Lanao del Sur before dawn Wednesday.

The fatality, Nago Balindong, a scion of a big clan in Malabang, is among the top ten most wanted drug dealers in Lanao del Sur, a component province of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
 
Combined personnel of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-ARMM, the Army’s 6th Infantry Battalion and the local police were to peacefully arrest Balindong in his hideout in Barangay Jose Abad Santos in Malabang but shot him instead when he pulled out a gun.
 
Army and police intelligence sources said Nago had links with the Maute terror group, also known as the Dawlah Islamiya.
 
Nago’s wife, Noraya Santican Balindong, an incumbent barangay official, was arrested after the brief shootout.
 
PDEA-ARMM agents and local police investigators recovered methamphetamine hydrochloride, most known as shabu, a pistol and two fragmentation grenades from the couple's house.
 
Capt. Arvin Encinas, public affairs officer of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division, which has jurisdiction over the Malabang-based 6th IB, said the anti-narcotics operation also resulted in the arrest of three of Balindong’s henchmen, Bocari and Camaloden, both surnamed Balindong, and Tingaraan Boro-Boro.
 
PDEA-ARMM agents and investigators recovered from them shabu, a handgun, and several rounds of ammunition.
 
Encinas said their hideouts were raided with the help of vigilant villagers who provided the PDEA-ARMM and the police adequate information on their exact locations.
 
Encinas said intelligence agents of the 6th IB, a component unit of the 603rd Infantry Brigade, received information from local informants purporting that the slain Balindong had links with the Maute terror group.
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