COTABATO CITY: Authorities on Wednesday announced the arrest of a suspected Islamic State (IS) terrorist and the seizure of various calibers of weapons in Datu Odin Sinsuat town in Maguindanao province.

Capt. Arvin Encinas, spokesman of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division, said Kamarudin Butocan Raguiab was arrested in the village of Dimapatoy on Tuesday morning after government forces were tipped off of his presence in the area.