Cops, Marines seize military paraphernalia but miss suspect

KORONADAL CITY -- Joint police and military authorities in Lebak, Sultan Kudarat recovered a high powered firearm, ammunition and prohibited drugs during an anti-drug operation and implementation of an arrestwarrant.But authorities missed the suspect, a certain Mads Pagabangan, when lawmen raided his house in Barangay Kinudalan, Lebak, Sultan Kudarat at 1 a.m. Monday.Chief Inspector Benhur Catcatan, Lebak town police chiefand Lt. Colonel Edwin Joseph Olaer, commanding officer of Marine Battalion Landing Team (MBLT-7),led the team that served the warrant of arrest against Pagabangan who, Catcatan said, fled before the raiding team arrived.Catcatan told DXOM-AM Radyo Bida Koronadal that the raiding team recovered 23 saches of suspected shabu and paraphernalia, an AK-2000 rifle, magazines, 200 pcs of ammunition for M-16 Armalite rifle, magazine for M-16, a mobile phone, bandolier, a set of fatiguemilitary uniform and a blonde wig.Catcatan said Pagabangan was in the police drug watch list. He has warrants of arrest for murder and qualified piracy charges.Catcatan appealed to residents to Lebak to help the police and Philippine Marines locate the suspect.