Armament Group Santoso and Terrorist Network Philippines

Armament Group Santoso and Terrorist Network Philippines

news updates, Jakarta - 10 Indonesian citizen (citizen) hostage terrorist group in the Philippines. Police search result, a terrorist group in the Philippines Anshorut Khilafah part of a terrorist network Mujahidin Indonesian  East (MIT) led Santoso.

"Relations with the case of hostage-10 citizens in the Philippines, which is carried out by radical groups the Philippines, most of the arms used by terrorist groups MIT led Santoso is originally from the Philippines," said South Sulawesi Police Chief and West (Sulselbar) Inspector General Pudji Hartanto, in his statement written, Sunday (04/03/2016).

Pudji revealed, Santoso allegedly had to pay Rp 220 million to purchase firearms to a terrorist network in the Philippines.

"The total money sent Santoso to the group in the Philippines for the purpose of buying weapons and ammunition amounted to Rp 220 million," he said.

Pudji explained, the purchase of firearms is carried Santoso men who have been caught in Manado, North Sulawesi, on Thursday, May 28, 2015. "The suspect with the initials W F alias alias alias Iron U."

"He was involved in buying and pick up a firearm, ammunition, grenades, magasen of the Philippines to be taken and handed over to Santoso," he continued.

Iron is also, according to Pudji, served as treasurer cash Santoso group. In the case of involvement with a group of MIT, he gets the East Jakarta District Court verdict for 6.5 years.

.Smuggling Mode

Around October 2014, said Pudji, Iron departed for the Philippines behest Santoso in order to take weapons and ammunition. "All done through the route from the city of Manado and by sea."

"Lucky Iron trigger arrested by Detachment 88, so sending weapons to 2 can be thwarted," he continued.

Pudji said assemblies rifles smuggled Iron dismantled and wrapped in cardboard and put into sacks.

While ammunition and explosives inserted into a backpack mixed with clothing. Then the arms were hidden among civilian goods, which are transported by cargo ship from the Philippines.

"Firearms and ammunition have been successfully secured by Detachment 88 during armed clashes, between the Anti-Terrorism Task Force in Kilo, Poso district on August 17, 2015," explained Pudji.

While members of the Philippines as an unexpected Anshorut Khilafah arms supplier network Santoso of them, the leadership of Abu Syarifah Anshorut Caliphate, Abu Fatas - from Indonesia, but has been long in the Philippines, Abu Shale as a courier in transit.

"For a group Anshorut Caliphate after the arrest of Iron, has been arrested by the Philippine National Police on the basis insformasi and cooperation with Detachment 88 Anti-Terror," concluded Punji.