PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines: A 68-year-old widow was arrested with P7.4 million worth of suspected shabu in Zamboanga City in one of the locality’s biggest drug seizures involving a senior citizen, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Region 9 (PDEA-9) said on Sunday (Nov 1).
Operatives nabbed alias “Sitti” during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Talon-Talon on Thursday evening, Oct. 29.
The operation was conducted at around 6:50 p.m. by the PDEA-9 Special Enforcement Team ZAMBASULTA and the PDEA Zamboanga City Office, with support from the Philippine National Police (PNP) 904th Maneuver Company of the Regional Mobile Force Battalion 9.
Confiscated from the suspect during the transaction were two heat-sealed transparent plastic sachets containing around 100 grams of suspected shabu worth P680,000 (US$10,664), which served as the subject of the buy-bust.
A subsequent search of her residence yielded 23 additional sachets of suspected shabu weighing approximately one kilogram and worth P6.8 million.
Operatives also recovered the buy-bust money, a mobile phone, a digital weighing scale, a pair of scissors and a driver’s licence.
Charges for violation of Sections 5 (Sale of Dangerous Drugs) and 11 (Possession of Dangerous Drugs) under Article II of Republic Act No. 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, are being prepared for filing in court against the suspect. - Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN
