Village official nabbed in anti-drug ops in Zamboanga del Sur town

Zamboanga del Sur village official Abdul Mama Musa aka ‘Dol’ (wearing green shirt) looks on as authorities take inventory of their haul of suspected meth after a buy-bust operation on Friday afternoon. Photo from PNP-RDEU-IX

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur — A 55-year-old village official in Salauagan of Dimataling town in Zamboanga del Sur was nabbed by authorities in a buy-bust operation on Friday afternoon.

Police Capt. Dominic Dalena of the Regional Drug Enforcement Unit-IX identified the village official as Abdul Mama Musa aka “Dol.”

Dalena revealed that Musa was listed as a “high-value individual” on the agency’s top priority targets for illegal drugs at the regional level.

The operatives recovered 13 small sachets of a substance suspected to be crystal meth with an estimated P15,000 market value, buy-bust money, and other personal items.

The suspect is temporarily detained at the Dimataling municipal police station’s lock-up cell while charges for violation of Republic Act No. 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 are being prepared against him.

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