P1.7-M drugs seized in PDEA-BARMM operation – BusinessWorld Online
COTABATO CITY — Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and policemen seized P1.7 million worth of crystal meth (shabu) from two peddlers entrapped in one of the barangays in this city on Monday.
Senior city officials and Moro traditional leaders who helped the PDEA-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) plan the successful sting confirmed to reporters on Tuesday, that plainclothes anti-narcotics agents had seized from the two male suspects during a tradeoff at the Martinez area in Barangay Poblacion 4 in Cotabato City.
Gil Cesario P. Castro, director of the PDEA-BARMM, said on Tuesday that the two suspects are now locked in their detention facility, to be prosecuted for violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs act of 2002 using the 250 grams of shabu confiscated from them as evidence.
The suspects were immediately frisked and cuffed by PDEA-BARMM agents and policemen under Cotabato City’s police director, Col. Jibin M. Bongcayao, after selling their illegal merchandise.
Mr. Castro said the operation that led to their arrest was supported by the office of Cotabato City Mayor Bruce D. Matabalao. — John Felix M. Unson