Public school principal, 4 others nabbed in Dinagat drug bust

SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur – A 56-year-old public elementary school principal was arrested alongside four alleged street-level pushers during an early morning buy-bust operation in San Jose, Dinagat Islands on Friday.

Operatives from the Regional Drug Enforcement Unit-13 (RDEU-13) and the Regional Intelligence Division-13 (RID-13), backed by the San Jose Municipal Police Station and the Dinagat Islands Provincial Mobile Force Platoon, conducted the sting at around 12:45 a.m. in Barangay Don Ruben, said Col. Glenn Sampaga, provincial director of the Dinagat Islands Police Provincial Office.

Police identified the primary target as alias “Wel,” 56, an elementary school head and resident of Barangay Don Ruben, who is considered as a high-value drug personality

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Also apprehended during the joint operation were four other Don Ruben residents tagged as street-level individuals: 26-year-old driver alias “JB” and 28-year-old alias “Yan-Yan,” both of Purok 4; 48-year-old carpenter alias “Dodo” of Purok 5; and 37-year-old alias “Tata” of Purok 1.

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A police report revealed that operatives seized eight heat-sealed transparent plastic sachets containing suspected shabu—including the packet sold to an undercover agent—weighing an estimated 1.5 grams worth an estimated P10,000.

Law enforcers also confiscated marked peso bills, two pairs of scissors, two strips of aluminum foil, a disposable lighter, and a coin purse.

The suspects were apprised of their constitutional rights under the Miranda doctrine and the Anti-Torture Act before being brought to the RDEU-13 custodial facility for documentation and the filing of formal complaints for alleged violation of Republic Act No. 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. `