KUALA LUMPUR: Ten suspected Islamic State (IS) militants detained in Sabah this year belonged to the same terror cell which has been using the state as a transit point to smuggle fellow militants into southern Philippines since 2014.
Sources said Spanish militant Abdelhakim Labidi Adib, who was arrested on Jan 24 at an army checkpoint on Basilan island, had used the services of the terror cell along with others from the region, Bangladesh and west Asian countries.
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