Some MILF members seized illegal drug traders being brought to police headquarters in Marawi City last April 22, 2014. The drug traders are MILF members accused of engaging in illegal drug trade and operate in Naga Dimaporo, Lanao del Norte. The MILF forces were also able to get high-powered firearms from the policemen after forcibly taking the suspects.

The police said these forces were from the group of Commander Bravo or Abdurahman Macapaar. Comdr Bravo and Ameril Umbra Kato, then the 105th Base Commander and founder of the BIFF or Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, started launching attacks in 2008 after the peace agreement then failed.

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