7 persons fall in Zambo Sur anti-drug raid

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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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