Caraga
drug bust nets pushers, 54k worth of suspected shabu seized
By PRO-13
BUTUAN CITY, June 10 -- Authorities
seized a total of Php54,280 of suspected shabu and arrested two individuals in
a separate buy-bust operation in Cabadbaran City and Surigao City in two days
operation.
Police Brigadier General Romeo M. Caramat, Jr., Regional Director of Police Regional Office (PRO) 13 identified the arrested suspect as Junnel Bantilan Edradan, alias Jun, 26 years old, male, single, jobless, and resident of Purok 2, Sitio Lumaban, Barangay Rizal, Surigao City. Edradan was listed as the Top 10 priority High-Value Individual (HVI) of Surigao del Norte.
Edradan was entrapped by joint
personnel of Surigao del Norte Police Provincial Office Drug Enforcement Unit
(DEU), Surigao City Police Station, Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU), and Criminal
Investigation and Detection Group - Surigao del Norte Provincial Field Unit in
Purok3, Barangay San Juan, Surigao City yesterday (June 9) around 7:00PM.
Authorities confiscated during the
operation were: gray sling bag containing Php500 bill marked money; black
keypad mobile phone black; cash money amounting to Php150 in the different
denomination; a small transparent plastic sachet containing a white crystalline
substance of suspected shabu bought by the operative who acted as poseur-buyer
with an estimated weight of 0.834 grams with a street price value of Php9,
841.2; and four pieces plastic sachets of suspected shabu with an estimated
weight of 2.6 grams worth Php30,680.
On the other hand, another buy-bust
operation was conducted by Cabadbaran City Police Station in coordination with
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Regional Office 13 with Pre-operation
Control number 30003-062021-0057 on June 10 around 1:55AM which resulted in the
arrest of Kevin John Arong Sasil, 24 years old, male, single, jobless, a
resident of Purok-2, Brgy.1, Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte.
Sasil was a drug surrenderee in his
barangay in July 2015 and was listed in the former People Who Use Drugs (PWUD)
in Cabadbaran City.
Confiscated in the possession of
Sasil during the operation were: 500-peso bill with serial number KW378610 held
as marked money; cash money amounting to Php842 in different denominations; and
two pieces of small heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet containing suspected
shabu with an estimated weight of two grams and an estimated Dangerous Drug
Board (DDB) value of Php23,600.
The body search conducted on the
arrested persons was witnessed by barangay officials, representatives from the
media, and from the Department of Justice.
RD Caramat commended the operating
troops for a job well done and said that PNP PRO13 will continue its unwavering
efforts to eradicate all forms of illegal drugs within the region and will keep
on reinvigorating its anti-criminality campaign.
“These operations were done successfully with the active support of the community in the continuous implementation of anti-drug campaign of Caraga Police across the region,” he concluded. (PMaj. Dorothy M. Tumulak, PIO, PRO 13/PIA Caraga)
