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Cops seize P430,000 worth of shabu, pistol in Cotabato town

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Amiel Cagayan

Police personnel document the firearms and suspected shabu recovered during the implementation of a search warrant at the residence of a 43-year-old man identified only by the alias “Sam” in Barangay Osias, Kabacan, Cotabato, early Nov. 6. Photo from Kabacan MPS

KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato — Police arrested a 43-year-old man and seized a haul of suspected shabu and a .45-caliber pistol during the implementation of a search warrant in Kabacan, Cotabato on Friday, Nov. 6.

The suspect, identified by police only as alias “Sam,” was arrested around 4:20 a.m. at his residence in Purok 6, Barangay Osias of Kabacan.

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According to the spot report, police recovered seven plastic sachets containing suspected shabu, weighing a total of 63.2 grams, with an estimated value of P429,760.

The seized gun was without a serial number, and comes with a steel magazine and four live ammunition.

The search warrant, issued by the Regional Trial Court Branch 22 in Kabacan on Oct. 29, was for violation of Republic Act No. 10591, or the Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act.

The search was conducted in the presence of the arrested suspect, Osias village chief Joel Agustin and media representative Eric John Estolloso of Radio Sincero Kidapawan.

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Police said the seized drugs would be submitted to the PNP Forensic Unit in Kidapawan City for laboratory examination, while the firearm and ammunition would undergo ballistics examination.

The suspect was also brought to the University of Southern Mindanao Hospital for medical examination before being placed in the custodial facility of the Kabacan police.

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Authorities are preparing charges for violations of Republic Act No. 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, and RA 10591, which will be filed through inquest proceedings.

The operation was carried out by personnel of the Kabacan Municipal Police Station, the 1st and 2nd Cotabato Provincial Mobile Force Companies, and the Cotabato Police Provincial Office–Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit. /jpv

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