2 men's illegal drug trade ends, P500K shabu seized
Local News • 17:50 PM Thu Jun 7, 2018
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By:
Edwin O. Fernandez
The illegal drugs and other items seized from the suspects. (PDEA photo)
COTABATO CITY – The illegal activities of two men here ended Wednesday afternoon
after they were arrested in a drug buy bust operation where more than half
million worth of illegal stuff were seized.
Director
Juvenal Azurin of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Autonomous
Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDE-ARMM) identified the suspects as Alton Sansawi
Racman alias Ellie, 27, pedicab driver and his cohort Nashrolah Sambolawan
Salipada, 33 years old, jobless, both were residents of Barangay Rosary Heights
7, Cotabato City.
Azurin said
the two who are both high value targets were nabbed after they handed over
several sachets of methamphetamine hydrochloride to a PDEA poseur buyer in front
of the famous Manong’s Fruity Fruits and Bakeshop along Sinsuat Avenue, Cotabato
City.
They have
been under our surveillance for the past two weeks, Azurin said of the duo who,
he said, belonged to a syndicate operating in Cotabato City and nearby towns in
Maguindanao.
The operation
was conducted in partnership with the Cotabato City PNP, City and barangay
Anti-Drug Abuse Councils and the military.
Seized during
the sting operation were three pieces of heat-sealed transparent plastic
sachets containing, weighing about 75 grams with a market value of PHP510,000, buy
bust money, two cellular phones believed to be containing illegal drug
transactions and a motorbike.
Azurin said
the suspects, now detained at PDEA-ARMM lock-up cell, are facing charges for
violation of Republic Act 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002).
(Edwin O. Fernandez)