NCRPO GAINS BIG IN ANTI-DRUG DRIVE
NATIONAL Capital Region Police Office director Brigadier General Anthony A. Aberin on Wednesday announced the arrest of three top drug targets in Metro Manila and the confiscation of nearly P16 million worth of shabu and dried marijuana leaves in separate anti-narcotics operations this week.
Two of the suspects described as a 40-year-old Chinese national and his 28-year-old female cohort were arrested in a sting on Road 10 in Barangay NBNN in Navotas City on Monday which led to the confiscation of some 2.226 kilos of shabu valued at P15.140 million, the official said.
Brig. Gen. Aberin said members of the Navotas City Police Station and the Northern Police District under Colonel Josefino D. Ligan conducted the successful operation following days of surveillance and undercover work triggered by a tip from an informant.
Recovered from the suspects’ possession were four zip-locked plastic bags and two plastic sachets containing the so-called ‘poor man’s cocaine,’ a digital weighing scale and the buy-bust money topped by three marked P1,000 bills.
The NPD also impounded the suspects’ vehicle.
In Makati, two men were arrested on Tuesday, one of them a ‘high-value individual’ after they conspired to sell some P578,000 worth of shabu to an undercover agent in Bgy. Tejeros.
Brig. Gen. Aberin said the suspects identified as alias ‘Kulot,’27; and ‘Lando,’31, were found in possession of 18 plastic sachets containing 85 grams of shabu worth P578,000 and the buy-bust money topped by a marked P1,000 bill.
The Makati police also seized a motorcycle used by the duo to transport the drugs.
On the same day, Malabon City policemen arrested a 30-year old resident of Caloocan City after he sold a kilo of marijuana worth P120,000 to a poseur in Bgy. Longos.
Brig. Gen. Aberin said follow-up operations are also underway to identify and arrest the possible accomplices of the accused.
The NCRPO chief commended his men for their successful anti-drug operations.
“These high profile anti-drug operations were the product of extensive intelligence operations and are reflective of NCRPO’s unwavering desire to rid Metro Manila of the illegal drug menace, with the help of a supportive and responsive community,” he said.
The suspects were charged with violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 for sale and possession of prohibited drugs .
Brig. Gen. Aberin has vowed an unrelenting anti-drug campaign in Metro Manila involving the support of all local government units, their partner law enforcement agencies and the citizenry.
