ZAMBOANGA CITY — Police authorities here accounted all 16 detainees who bolted from detention on April 10 in this city.
This, as Sulayman Sali, the remaining escapee at large, surrendered early Tuesday to the local police authorities.
Sali was accompanied by his uncle, Dr. Ussal Amana, and other relatives, when he yielded at around 8 a.m. at the Police Station 6 of the Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO).
Chief Insp. Helen Galvez, Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9) information officer, said Sali and his relatives arrived in this city on board the first trip of an inbound commercial ferry from Basilan.
Galvez said that Sali, after his escape, went in hiding in Barangay Candiis, Mohammad Ajul, Basilan province.
She said efforts were made by the Police Station 6 to locate and engage the family of Sali for his recapture before he voluntarily surrendered.
Sali, who is facing illegal drug charges, escaped along with 15 other detainees from the lock-up cell of the Police Station 6 at dawn of April 10, this year.
They cut the detention cell lock with a hacksaw that was smuggled in by a relative of one of the detainees.
The other escapees were immediately recaptured by the police with the assistance of the Task Force Zamboanga in pursuit operation while some of them have surrendered.
The 16 who escaped were among the 58 detainees at the lock-up cell of the Police Station 6. (PNA)
