DEG nabs 5 drug suspects
PHILIPPINE National Police’s Drug Enforcement Group (DEG) Director Brigadier General Narciso D. Domingo on Thursday announced the arrest of five of their targets in separate operations in the countryside.
In a report to PNP Chief Gen. Rodolfo S. Azurin Jr., the official said that one of the suspects, a jobless resident of Barangay Libertad, Butuan City, was arrested in a buy-bust operation past 12:00 a.m. Wednesday.
Domingo said that members of the DEG Special Operations Unit 13, with the assistance of the Butuan City Police Station 3, arrested the suspect after he sold five grams of shabu worth P34,000 to an undercover officer.
The suspect also yielded ten plastic sachets of shabu, the buy-bust money, and a cellphone containing his conversation with the poseur.
The suspect is now facing charges for the sale and possession of prohibited drugs under the Republic Act (RA) 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
The four other suspects were arrested on the strength of warrants for violation of RA 9165 issued by different regional trial courts in the country, Domingo said.
One drug suspect from Sitio Cogon in Bgy. Victoria, San Remegio, Cebu was arrested on orders of Judge Jiniffer Singco of the Bogo City RTC (Regional Trial Court) Branch 79 for the sale of dangerous drugs on September 6, 2019. The accused was tracked down in Banilad, Cebu City, on Tuesday morning.
The 2nd drug “target,” a resident of Richlane Subdivision in Bgy. Anabu II in Imus City, Cavite was arrested on the strength of a warrant for possessing dangerous drugs issued by Judge Barbra Edoria-Gatchalian of the Imus City RTC Br. 123 last August 15.
The 3rd drug suspect was served a warrant for her arrest inside the Davao City Jail Female Dormitory, where she is already being held on another criminal case. Judge Ronald Tolentino of the Davao City RTC Br. 52 ordered the arrest of the suspect for violation of RA 9165 with no bail recommended on August 14, 2020.
The 4th drug suspect of Sasa, Davao City was also served a warrant for his arrest inside the Davao City Jail on Tuesday.
Domingo said that Judge Glenn Aquino of the Davao City RTC Br. 8 recommended a P40,000 bail for the temporary liberty of the suspect on July 8, 2020.
