CHARGES were already filed before the prosecutor’s office on July 10, Tuesday, against two suspected drug pushers nabbed in Mati City.

Facing charges for violation of the Republic Act 9165 or The Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs of 2002 are Dave Mapinogos Guinita and Erlanie Tunong Caning Jr.

Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Davao Region accompanied the suspects before the prosecution’s office on Tuesday for record and inquest proceedings.

Guinita and Caning were arrested after conspiring with each other in selling illegal drugs to a poseur buyer. They were nabbed in Barangay Central in Mati City on the same day.

Recovered from the suspects were two plastic sachets of suspected shabu weighing one gram, assorted drug paraphernalia, and P500 drug bust money.

At present, the suspects are detained at the Mati City Police Station jail facility, while the seized suspected illegal drugs are placed at the Police Crime Laboratory Office in Mati City.