Teen among suspects nabbed in Subic drug den raid

By Zorayda Tecson | Philippine News Agency

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), and local policemen dismantled a drug den and arrested five suspects, including a teenager, in Subic, Zambales Saturday (Feb. 5) night.

In a report released on Sunday (Feb. 6), Jigger Juniller, chief of the PDEA-Zambales, said the drug den in Purok 3, Barangay Matain was a house owned by 35-year-old Larlyn Puno.

Aside from Puno, the other drug suspects arrested were Nabel Mustapha, 18, and Asniyah Mustapha, 41, residents of Barangay Asinan Proper, Subic; Camal Macabatao, 46, a resident of Barangay San Jose, Rodriguez, Rizal; and Isias Inoc, 30, a resident of Purok 1, Matain, also in Subic.

The operation yielded six heat-sealed transparent plastic sachets containing some 55 grams of suspected shabu amounting to P374,000, assorted drug paraphernalia, and the buy-bust money. (PNA) – bny

 

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