FIVE people were arrested, while P10,000 worth of illegal drugs were seized, in an anti-drug operation in the province of Zamboanga del Norte, the police reported on Sunday, August 19.
Arrested were the following: Arnold Abrasaldo, 35; Aldwin Abrasaldo, 35; Oliver Manisan, 27; Marlon Pesa, 35; and, Florante Supangan, 43.
Chief Inspector Helen Galvez, Police Regional Office-Zamboanga Peninsula information officer, said the suspects were arrested in a buy-bust operation around 11:25 p.m., Saturday, August 18, at Villanueva compound along Magsaysay Street in the village of Miputak, Dipolog City, the capital of Zamboanga del Norte.
Galvez said the suspects were arrested after they sold a small-sized heat-sealed plastic sachet of suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride, locally known as “shabu.”
Galvez said confiscated from the suspects were suspected shabu worth P10,000 packed in two medium and four small-sizes heat-sealed sachets; P500 marked money; P1,150 cash of different denominations believed to be proceeds in the sale of illegal drugs; cellular phones; and, illegal drug paraphernalia.
She said the suspects were detained while appropriate charges are set to be filed against them.
The arrest of the suspects came hours after lawmen have arrested two suspected big-time drug pushers while P180,000 worth of suspected shabu were seized in separate anti-drug operations in Dipolog City.
One of the two suspects was arrested in the village of Olingan while the other in Central, Dipolog City.
They were detained and charges had been filed against them. (SunStar Philippines)