Map of Lanao del Sur. INQUIRER.net
CAMP SK PENDATUN, Maguindanao — Police authorities in Lanao del Sur today reported the successful anti-drug operation that led to the arrest of a suspect and recovery of P340,000 worth of prohibited drugs.
Brig. Gen. Arthur Cabalona, police director in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), said the buy-bust operation was conducted in Barangay Mantapoli, Marantao town, Lanao Del Sur at 4 p.m. Friday.
The Marantao police station identified the suspect as Solaiman Saadoden Tocalo Hadji, alias Tocs/Manso, a resident of Raya village in Tugaya town, Lanao del Sur.
Confiscated from him were about 50 grams of suspected shabu with an estimated value of P340,000, the buy bust money, and a mobile phone.
Cabalona said the suspect and the confiscated pieces of evidence are now under the custody of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Lanao del Sur.