FOUR drug personalities were arrested while some P108,000 worth of illegal drugs seized in separate drug busts on Christmas Day, the police said Thursday, December 26.
Police Major Helen Galvez, Police Regional Office-Zamboanga Peninsula information officer, identified the arrested suspects as Janiel Reyes, 26; Alfisar Aharijan, 36; Nijal Abdulla, 23; and Albie Usman, 48.
Galvez said Reyes, jobless, was in a drug bust around 2:50 p.m. of Christmas Day in Tumaga Village, Zamboanga City.
She said seized from Reyes were some P5,000 worth of suspected “shabu” (methamphetamine hydrochloride) packed in four heat-sealed plastic sachets and P200 marked money.
Aharihan and Abdulla, both vendors, were arrested in possession of some P100, 000 worth of suspected “shabu” in a drug bust around 8:45 p.m. of Christmas Day in the village of Talon-Talon, according to Galvez.
She said also seized from them were 29 pieces of P1,000 boodle money topped with one genuine P1,000 as marked money.
Usman, a habal-habal driver, yielded some P3, 000 worth of suspected “shabu” packed in four heat-sealed plastic sachets when arrested in a drug bust around 9:30 p.m. of Christmas day in Nala Village, Sibuco, Zamboanga Del Norte.
The officer said also seized from the possession of Usman was an improvised M-16 pistol with six live ammunition, and three identification cards.
Galvez added the appropriate charges are set to be filed against the suspects, who were detained. (SunStar Zamboanga)