KORONADAL CITY – Law enforcement and anti-narcotics units in Maguindanao del Sur province and Koronadal City apprehended a village councilor and a traffic enforcer in separate drug buy-bust operations on Wednesday afternoon.
In Maguindanao del Sur, Capt. Joel Lebrilla, chief of the Rajah Buayan police station, reported that Councilor Whisky Macapeges, 39, of Barangay Gaunan, and Mohaimen Bogado, 30, also from the same village, were arrested during a drug sting operation at 5 p.m.
“They agreed to sell shabu to our undercover agent,” Lebrilla stated in an interview, noting that the suspects attempted to withdraw but were unsuccessful upon discovering they were dealing with a law enforcement officer.
Seized from the suspects were “shabu” with an estimated street value of PHP25,000.
The detained suspects are set to face charges for violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act or R.A. 9165 before the provincial prosecutor’s office of Maguindanao del Sur.
Meanwhile, in Koronadal City on the same day, a traffic enforcer was apprehended at 2 p.m. in an entrapment operation by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Soccsksargen Region (PDEA-12).
Agent Kath Abad of PDEA-12 reported that traffic enforcer Jomar Sumagaysay, 42, of Barangay Paulino Santos, a job order employee of Koronadal City, was arrested.
During the buy-bust in Barangay Zone, PDEA agents seized from the suspect more than PHP20,000 worth of shabu and paraphernalia. (PNA)
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