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PRO11 cops net 11 drug suspects

October 14, 2022 Alfred P. Dalizon 225 views

ELEVEN top drug targets in Southern Mindanao have been accounted for by agents of the Police Regional Office 11 in a series of anti-narcotics operations this week which led to the seizure of nearly P3 million worth of shabu and marijuana, the Journal Group learned.

“We have accounted for 11 “high-value individuals” in the region in the wake of our stepped-up war on drugs ordered by PNP chief, General Rodolfo S. Azurin Jr. All are now facing non-bailable charges for [the] sale and possession of prohibited drugs,” said PRO11 Director Brig. Gen. Benjamin H. Silo Jr.

The official said that one of the suspects, tagged as the no. 1 drug trafficker in the region, was arrested after he sold marijuana to a poseur in Purok 3, Sitio Habana in Barangay Catigan, Toril District in Davao City at 1:30 p.m. last Tuesday.

The suspect yielded 11 marijuana bricks weighing more than 11 kilos and valued at P1.3 million.

Another, identified as alias “Bots”, tagged as the 8th most wanted drug personality in the region, was arrested in a sting along Corregidor Street in Bgy. Zone 3, Digos City in Davao del Sur, around 12:40 a.m. last Tuesday.

The suspect yielded some P7,000 worth of shabu and the marked money paid to him by an undercover officer.

The 3rd, an 18-year-old student, identified as the 6th most wanted drug personality in the region, was arrested after he sold three kilograms of dried marijuana leaves to a poseur in Purok 4, V. Mapa Extension in Bgy. 9-A, Davao City past 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Cannabis bricks worth at least P360,000 were recovered from the suspect’s possession.

Silo said that a 4th suspect, the 8th most wanted for drugs, was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Purok 1, Bgy. Northern Paligue in Padada, Davao del Sur.

A resident of Purok Madasigon in Bgy. Tres de Mayo in Digos City, Davao del Sur, the suspect yielded four plastic sachets of shabu valued at P24,000 and the buy-bust money.

A 5th top drug target, tagged as the 7th most wanted in Southern Mindanao, was arrested in a buy-bust operation along the Bypass Road in Punad Village, Bgy. Anglionto in Davao City last Wednesday.

Recovered were an estimated P50,000 worth of the so-called “poor man’s cocaine” and the P15,000 marked money.

The 6th, with the alias “Memong”, described as the top 6 regional level high-value individual in Southern Mindanao, was arrested in a buy-bust operation last Tuesday in Bgy. 19-B. Garcia Heights, Bajada, Davao City.

The suspect yielded some 20 grams of shabu valued at nearly P312,000 and the buy-bust money. Silo said that the suspect is a known drug recidivist who was previously arrested and convicted for a drug offense in 2002 before being released in 2016 after he had served his full jail term.

The 7th arrested drug offender was identified with the alias “Zaido”, the region’s top 4 drug target, was arrested last Wednesday during a sting at the Davao Housing Phase 2 in Purok 5, Bgy. Toril Proper.

The PRO11 director said the suspect yielded an estimated P630,000 worth of shabu and the marked money during his arrest.

Two others, identified as alias “Khalid”, the 5th most wanted drug personality in the region, and his pal were arrested last Tuesday during an anti-narcotics operation in Purok 18, Paks Community in Bgy. Panacan, Davao City.

Silo said the duo was arrested after they conspired to sell drugs to an undercover officer. Recovered were an estimated P96,000 worth of shabu and the buy-bust money.

All arrested drug suspects are now facing non-bailable charges for selling and possessing prohibited drugs under Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, the PRO11 director said.

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