COTABATO CITY — Anti-narcotics operatives, backed by policemen, nabbed on Friday night a male nurse for possession of prohibited drugs during an anti-drug operation in Barangay Poblacion 8, Midsayap, North Cotabato.
In a report, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency 12 (Soccsksargen) director, Naravy Duquiatan, identified the suspect as Lester Singco, 33, staff nurse of the Cotabato Regional and Medical Center and a resident of Midsayap.
Authorities conducted the buy-bust operation at 7 p.m. and arrested Singco after he handed over a sachet of “shabu” to a PDEA poseur-buyer. Seized from Singco were six sachets of “shabu” with an estimated street value of PHP10,000, and drug paraphernalia.
A police agent in Midsayap said Singco had been placed under surveillance for a week after arrested drug peddlers pointed to him as their source of illegal drugs. (Edwin Fernandez/PNA)
