P20.4-M drugs seized in Zamboanga City – BusinessWorld Online
COTABATO CITY — Plainclothes policemen seized P20.4 million worth of crystal meth (shabu) from a dealer entrapped in Barangay Zone 4 in Zamboanga City before dawn Sunday.
Local executives and senior officials of the Zamboanga City Police Office separately confirmed to reporters on Sunday morning that the entrapment operation resulted in the arrest of the dealer, now locked in a detention facility.
Officials of the Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9) had told reporters that agents from PRO-9’s Special Operations Unit and Regional Drug Enforcement Unit, led by Lt. Aldazer S. Sahisa and Col. Diomarie S. Albarico, immediately frisked and detained the dealer after selling 3 kilograms of shabu during a tradeoff.
In an initial statement, the director of PRO-9, Brig. Gen. Roel C. Rodolfo, said the suspect was entrapped with the help of confidential informants aware of his large-scale shabu peddling activities.
Local officials said the dealer is a resident of Barangay San Jose Cawa-Cawa, Zamboanga City.
Mr. Rodolfo said the suspect shall be prosecuted for violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. — John Felix M. Unson
