4 nabbed in Zambo Norte anti-drug sting

FOUR drug personalities were apprehended in an anti-drug operation in the province of Zamboanga del Norte, the police said Friday, August 2.

Police Major Helen Galvez, Police Regional Office-Zamboanga Peninsula information officer, identified the arrested suspects as the following: Jerry Tequil Page, 38, Marie Ann Icao Balagot, 42, Joel Lamba Saplid, 42, and Loida Tequil Page, 45.

She said the suspects were arrested they allegedly sold a sachet of suspected shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) in exchange for P500 to an undercover policemen around 11:50 p.m. Thursday in Cawa-cawa village, Dapitan City.

Confiscated from the possession of the suspects were: P500 marked money, P3,950 cash believed to be proceeds money, two cellular phones and other illegal drug paraphernalia, she added.

Galvez said the suspects were detained while appropriate charges are set to be filed against them. (Bong Garcia/SunStar Philippines)

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