A DRUG personality was wounded while his cohort was arrested in a law enforcement operation in an east coast village in Zamboanga City, the police reported Monday, July 18, 2022.
Police Colonel Alexander Lorenzo, Zamboanga City Police Director (ZCPO), identified the wounded drug personality as Jainnal Assan, 35, and his cohort, Salam Salasim, 45.
Lorenzo said the two were arrested in a law enforcement operation by way of service of search warrant around 6:20 a.m. Friday at Sitio Kapuk in Lamisahan village.
Lorenzo said that Assan pulled a pistol and opened fire prompting the policemen, who were at that time serving the search warrant, to return fire hitting the suspect.
Lorenzo said that Assan was rushed to the Zamboanga City Medical Center (ZCMC) for medication. Recovered from him were a caliber .45 pistol with ammunition.
He said that also recovered from Assan’s residence were some 50 grams of suspected shabu worth P340,000, improvised blasting cap with time fuse, ammunition for caliber .45 and .9-mm pistols, illegal drug paraphernalia, two plastic bottles containing Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil (ANFO), two radio transceivers, improvised firing pin assembly, and others.
Assan’s cohort, Salasin, tried to escaped but was cornered by policemen and seized from his possession a caliber .357 magnum revolver with ammunition and a sling bag.
Lorenzo said that Assan is presently admitted at ZCMC while Salasim Doro is detained. (SunStar Zamboanga)