[SunStar] Philippine police have arrested a convicted Abu Sayyaf militant in Zamboanga City Friday morning. Chief Superintendent Miguel Antonio Jr.identified the arrested insurgent as Toh Ventura Abdilla alias Toh Abdulla Abdulla, a resident of Sacol Island, Zamboanga City. Several subversive documents and a grenade were seized from Abdilla's possession.On January 18, Abdilla was sentenced in absentia to a period of over four years for illegal possession of firearms and ammunition.
Abdilla has denied that he is an Abu Sayyaf militant, claiming to be a seaweed farmer.