PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan — Anti-illegal drug enforcement authorities here have arrested Thursday night a Philippine Air Force (PAF) soldier, who has been on absence without official leave (AWOL) for alleged shabu peddling.
A local Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) representative, who can only be identified as “agent Rocky” so as to not blow up his cover, said AWOL PAF soldier Jehad Immak was arrested in Barangay San Miguel when their buy-bust operation asset was able to buy from him a sachet of shabu.
Immak, who now works as a construction foreman in the city, has been under the local PDEA’s close watch until his arrest, said the PDEA agent.
“Matagal ng sinusubaybayan ang mga kilos niya hanggang sa mahuli siya kagabi dahil nakabili ang asset natin sa kanya (We’ve been monitoring his activities until his arrest last night because our asset was able to buy from him),” he said.
Following Immak’s arrest, a separate buy-bust at 1:30 a.m. of the Puerto Princesa City Police Office (PPCPO) Station 1 also resulted in the arrest of suspected shabu peddler Agustin Villanueva in Old Buncag, Barangay Mandaragat.
Confiscated from him were two plastic sachets of shabu and the PHP300 marked money.
Both are now detained and are facing charges for violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act. (Celeste Anna Formoso/PNA)
