Basilan anti-drug ops nets militiaman, 2 others

ZAMBOANGA CITY–Police arrested three people, including a militiaman, in separate buy-bust operations late Sunday in Isabela City, an official said.

Chief Insp. Helen Galvez, Police Regional Office-9 information officer, identified the arrested drug personalities as Rendon Daul alias Ben, 36, a militiaman; Abdul Fahas Hassan alias Obama, 21; and Basser “Bas” Sahibin, 47.

Galvez said Daul and Hassan were arrested around 9:30 p.m. Sunday in a buy-bust operation at the Barangay Port Area, Isabela City.

Seized from the two were 11 heat-sealed plastic sachets of suspected shabu; a caliber 45 pistol with two live ammunitions; PHP400 marked money and other illegal drug paraphernalia.

Sahibin, meanwhile, was arrested in a buy-bust operation around 10:40 p.m. Sunday in Barangay Kaumpurnah Zone 3, Isabela City.

Recovered from Sahibin were two heat-sealed plastic sachet of suspected shabu; PHP500 marked money; and illegal drug paraphernalia, police said. (Teofilo Garcia, Jr/PNA)

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