Cops seize P367,000 in ‘shabu’ in Dipolog City buy-bust

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur — Police operatives arrested a high-value drug suspect, seizing from him around P367,200 worth of suspected meth or shabu during a joint buy-bust operation in Barangay Miputak, Dipolog City on Tuesday evening, October 20.

Police Lt. Col. Shellamie Chang, information chief of the Police Regional Office (PRO) 9, said the operation took place at around 9:49 p.m. in Purok Mahogany, Barangay Miputak.

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Personnel from the Regional Drug Enforcement Unit 9 (RDEU-9), in coordination with the Dipolog City Police Station, the 901st Maneuver Company of the Regional Mobile Force Battalion 9, and the Zamboanga del Norte 1st Provincial Mobile Force Company, conducted the operation.

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READ: Drug den dismantled in Dipolog City; 4 nabbedThe suspect, identified in police reports as a high-value individual (HVI) and a resident of Daang Lungsod, Katipunan, Zamboanga del Norte, was caught after selling suspected illegal drugs to an undercover operative.

Recovered during the operation were around 54 grams of suspected shabu, with an estimated street value of P367,200. The seized illicit drugs were turned over to the Zamboanga del Norte Provincial Forensic Unit for laboratory examination.

Meanwhile, the arrested suspect is currently detained at the Dipolog City Police Station pending proper documentation and the filing of charges for violation of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

Police Brig. Gen. Elmer Ragay, PRO-9 Director,  commended the joint operating units for the swift operation, emphasizing the regional police force’s sustained intelligence-driven campaign against illegal drugs across the Zamboanga Peninsula. /coa