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5 newly identified drug personalities nabbed

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FOUR newly identified drug personalities were arrested in an anti-drug operation in Zamboanga City, the police reported Friday, July 31, 2020.

Police Captain Edwin Duco, Police Regional Office-Zamboanga Peninsula information officer, identified them as follows: Al-Sharif Maman, 18; Anton Sawadjaan, 20; Benjie Tan, 28; and Sarna Bani, 30.

Duco said they were arrested in a buy-bust operation around 1 p.m. Thursday in Zone III in Tumaga village, this city.

Duco said recovered from the suspects were some 13 grams of suspected shabu worth P89,000 and P200 marked money.

He said charges for violation of Republic Act 9165, otherwise known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, are set to be filed against the suspects, who are detained. (SunStar Zamboanga)

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