Php3.4 Million Worth of Shabu Seized in Zamboanga City

PAGADIAN CITY (Oct. 30, 2018) – The combined elements of PDEA- Regional Office 9 and Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO)arrested illegal drug suspect during the conduct of a buy-bust operation (High Impact Operation) at Barangay San Jose Gusu, Zamboanga City on October 30, 2018 at about 6:30pm, police official said.

Police Regional Office 9 PIO Chief PCINSP Helen L. Galvez disclosed that the operating team identified the arrested suspect as Jessi Hassim y Borro a.k.a “Jan-Jan Usman y Barry,” of legal age and listed as the High Value Target Drug Personality in Zamboanga Peninsula.

Galvez said that the operating team confiscated from the suspect during the operation were one big heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet containing white crystalline substance believed to be shabu more or less 500-grams worth Php3,400,000, one bundle of boodle money worth Php640,000.00 utilized as buy-bust money, one blue and black Suzuki Raider bearing plate no. 7993 JI and one ignition key.

Galvez added that a case for violation of Section 5, Article II, of RA 9165 is being readied for filing in court against the suspect. Said subject person presently detained at PDEA detention cell. (By JONG CADION)