By Teofilo Garcia, Jr. | Philippine News Agency
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Six persons, including a suspected member of a drug syndicate, were arrested while some P531,760 worth of shabu were seized in separate anti-drug operations in the region, the police reported Wednesday (Nov. 24).
Brig. Gen. Franco Simborio, newly-installed Police Regional Office (PRO) 9 (Zamboanga Peninsula) director, identified the suspects as cousins Gasir, 47, and Mursid, 36, both surnamed Jumampa; Normina Alisane-Prontoza, 32; Marites Secusana, 45; Joselito Carido, 28; and, Al-Khalid Mohammad, 24.
The Jumampas were arrested in an anti-drug operation around 8:16 a.m. Tuesday (Nov. 23) in Barangay Sta. Catalina, Simborio said.
Recovered from the two were some 50 grams of suspected shabu worth P340,000, a belt bag, and 79 P1,000 bills as boodle money topped with a genuine P1,000 marked money.
Around 9:10 p.m. Tuesday, Secusana and Carido were arrested in an anti-drug operation in Marcos Drive, Barangay Putik.
Confiscated from the two were some P40,800 worth of suspected shabu, two coin purses, and P300 marked money.
Also on Tuesday, an anti-drug operation was launched at 11:20 p.m. resulting in the arrest of Mohammad in Barangay San Roque.
Seized from Mohammad were P69,360 worth of suspected shabu, a sling bag, and P500 marked money.
Meanwhile, in Zamboanga Sibugay province, joint police and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) operatives also collared Prontoza, a member of the Angas drug syndicate, during an operation Tuesday night in Purok Lubay, Barangay La Paz of Naga town.
He said Prontoza yielded some P81,600 worth of suspected shabu, a sling bag, seven different identification cards, six P1,000 bills as boodle money topped with a genuine P1,000 marked money, and two motorboats.
The suspects will be charged with the violation of R.A. 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. (PNA) – bny
