MNLF member, uncle nabbed over P1-M shabu in QC

Metro Manila police chief Major Gen. Guillermo Eleazar and other police officials present the suspects arrested for possession of P1-million worth of shabu. The arrested suspects are MNLF member Bismar Sabtula Nadduha (left) and Jinsir Abduhaddi Jhol (right). Photo from QCPD PIO

MANILA, Philippines — A member of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and his uncle were arrested as more than P1-million worth of shabu (crystal meth) had been seized from them during a buy-bust operation in Quezon City on Friday night.

Quezon City Police District director Brig. Gen. Joselito Esquivel identified the suspects as Bismar Sabtula Nadduha, 25, and his uncle Jinsir Abduhaddi Jhol, 40, of Barangay Holy Spirit in Quezon City.

Esquivel said the arrest stemmed from a previous anti-drug operation in Barangay Old Balara on Wednesday where suspects Nemia Castilla and Marites dela Cruz bared that Nadduha and Jhol were their source of illegal drugs.

After validating the information, police launched a buy-bust operation along Sta. Catalina, Barangay Holy Spirit wherein a police officer posed as a buyer and bought P50,000 worth of shabu from the suspects.

The suspects were then arrested while police seized 150 grams of shabu with a street value of P1,020,000.

The suspects revealed to police that their source of illegal drugs is from a Southeast Asian country.

Police also found that Jhol was arrested in 2003 by elements of the QCPD Talipapa police station for illegal drugs. He was sentenced to 13 years in jail.

Jhol and Nadduha will be charged for violation of Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. (Editor: Jonathan P. Vicente)