Teddy Borja | iMINDSPH
Cotabato City — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA BARMM) seized 3.4 million pesos worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation on Monday, February 19, in front of a Barbecue Stand, Barangay Poblacion 5, Cotabato City.
PDEA BARMM confiscated ten pieces of heat-sealed transparent plastic sachets of suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu during the operation. The seized drugs weighed approximately 500 grams.
Authorities also confiscated the buy-bust money, a mobile phone, and an identification card.
The suspect arrested, identified as a 25-year-old male alias Datu Sajied and a resident of Barangay Calawag 2, Isulan, Sultan Kudarat, is currently detained at the PDEA BARMM Jail Facility pending the inquest proceedings for violation of RA 9165, the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
Personnel from Cotabato City Police Station 1, National Bureau of Investigation, PNP Drug Enforcement Group- Special Operations Unit, PNP Maritime Group also assisted PDEA BARMM in the successful operation.
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