By Hirohito D. Cadion
PAGADIAN
CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, April 5 (PNA) – Government authorities have arrested
seven people, including a barangay official, and confiscated more than 50 grams
of methamphetamine hydrochloride locally known as shabu in a raid in nearby
Kumalarang town, an official said Sunday.
Joseph
Ladip, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) regional director, said the
raid was carried out around 2:30 a.m. Sunday in Barangay Boyugan West,
Kumalarang town.
Ladip
said two of the seven arrested suspects namely, Ayang Edris, 41 and Jabide
Ladjas Abdulah, 51, were known drug pushers. Abdulah is a barangay councilman
of Barangay Boyugan West.
Ladip
said a local court has issued a warrant of arrest against Edris and Abdulah as
well as five of their cohorts, who are into the trade of prohibited drugs in
Barangay Boyugan West, Kumalarang.
He
said the other five known drug pushers were not around when they carried out
the raid.
He
said the other five arrested suspects were users and they are identified as
follows: Abdul Modakil, 32; Melvin Solliano, 23; Claudio Buctuan, 38; Yosup
Dacula, 35; and, Husain Edris, 41
He
said the raid was carried out following two months surveillance on the
activities of the suspects.
He
said the 50 grams of shabu the arresting team confiscated has an estimated
market value of P80,000.
Kumalarang
town Mayor Eugenio Salva Jr. hopes the raid will put a stop to the trade on
prohibited drugs in Barangay Boyugan West, which had long been known as drug
haven.
The
raid was carried out with the support of the Zamboanga del Sur police force.
(PNA)
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