3 High Value Drug Personalities Nabbed, 3.4M Worth of Shabu Seized in Zamboanga City

PAGADIAN CITY (Jan 8, 2019) - Two high value drug personalities were arrested by combined elements of PDEA Regional Office 9, Zamboanga City, PDEA Zamboanga Del Sur Provincial Office, Provincial Intelligence Branch (PIB) - Zamboanga Del Sur Police Office and Zamboanga City Police Station 11 during drug buy-bust operation (High Impact Operation) at Room 146, La Terraza Pension Haus, Gov. Camins, Canelar, Zamboanga City at about 11:30 AM of January 7, 2019.

Police Chief Superintendent Emmanuel Luis D Licup, PRO9 Regional Director identified the arrested suspects as:

Merlyn Aliasman Y Sarahuddil, Female, 28 years old, married housewife, a residence of Barangay Lubigan, Zamboanga City,

Joel Hernando, Male, 31 years old, married, truckman and a residence of Upper Clarian, Zamboanga City and

Isa Munap Y Hawari, male, 28 years old, married, jobless, a residence of Barangay Lubigan, Zamboanga City.

Confiscated during the operation were the following:

eleven (11) heat-sealed transparent plastic sachets containing white crystalline substance believed to be shabu more or less 500 grams worth Three-million four-hundrerd thousand pesos (Php3,400,000.00),

nine (9) bundles of boodle money topped with one (1) genuine subscribed Php1,000.00 bill with serial no. AY044448 utilized as buy-bust money,

one (1) brown paper bag used as container of the suspected shabu,

One (1) blue striped paper bag used to contain the buy-bust money,

One (1) black and white Samsung cellular phone and

One (1) black with orange Samsung cellular phone.

Cases for violation of Sec. 5 in relation to Sec. 26 and Section 11, Article II, of RA 9165 are being readied for filing in court against the suspects.

Arrested suspects immediately brought to PDEA Regional Office 9, Zamboanga City for documentation and proper disposition. (By JONG CADION with PRO9 PIO PR and photos)