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WesMin cops score in anti-drug, wanted person campaign

February 3, 2025 Alfred P. Dalizon 186 views

WESTERN Mindanao policemen arrested two “high-value targets” in the region who conspired to sell more than P500,000 worth of shabu to an undercover officer in Zamboanga City, the Police Regional Office 9 director said yesterday.

Brigadier General Roel C. Rodolfo said that confiscated from the suspects identified only thru their aliases “Ali,” 45; and “Tano,”23, were three heat-sealed plastic packets containing some P544,000 worth of the “poor man’s cocaine.”

He said that members of the PRO9 Regional Drug Enforcement Unit, with the support of the Naval Intelligence Security Group, apprehended the duo during a sting in Sitio Caragasan, Bgy. Maasin in Zamboanga City shortly before Thursday midnight.

The two suspects are being held at the RDEU 9 lock-up facility facing non-bailable charges for sale and possession of prohibited drugs under Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

Rodolfo also reported the capture of Quilito dela Cerna, tagged as the 8th Most Wanted Man in Zamboanga del Sur on the same day.

The suspect is the subject of a non-bailable warrant of arrest for murder issued by the Pagadian City Regional Trial Court Branch 18 on February 28, 2024.

The suspect is now being held at the Pagadian City police jail.

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