Siblings nabbed in Butuan buy-bust; P125,000 ‘shabu’ seized
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur— Police arrested two siblings tagged as “high-value individuals” and seized more than P125,000 worth of suspected crystal meth, locally known as “shabu,” during a buy-bust operation in Butuan City on Thursday, Nov. 5.
Brig. Gen. Rolindo M. Suguilon, director of Police Regional Office 13 (Caraga), identified the suspects through their aliases, “Al,” 44, and his elder sister, “Shie,” 53.
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Joint operatives from the Regional Drug Enforcement Unit 13, Butuan City Intelligence Unit, and Butuan City Police Station 2 staged the sting around 3:25 a.m. at the suspects’ residence in Barangay Limaha, in coordination with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA).
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Confiscated during the operation were 11 plastic sachets containing 18.48 grams of suspected shabu with an estimated standard street value of P125,664. Also recovered from the scene were the marked buy-bust money, a mobile phone, and assorted drug-use paraphernalia.
The suspects are currently detained and face formal charges for violating Republic Act No. 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
Suguilon reiterated that the regional police force, in tandem with PDEA, will sustain its pressure against local drug distribution networks across the Caraga administrative region. /jpv
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