P7.8 million worth of meth seized, 3 men nabbed in Cotabato City drug sting | Inquirer News

P7.8 million worth of meth seized, 3 men nabbed in Cotabato City drug sting

/ 05:47 PM September 02, 2023

COTABATO CITY — Three suspected drug peddlers were arrested as law enforcers dismantled a drug den in Barangay Rosary Heights 10 here, leading to the seizure of some P7.8 million worth of meth on Friday.

Cotabato City Mayor Bruce Matabalao, who chairs the Inter-Agency Task Force Kutawato (IATFK), said the anti-drug operation was launched along LR Sebastian Street in Barangay Rosary Heights 10.

During the raid at 3 p.m., three persons were arrested and identified as Komini Mama, 31, of Cotabato City; Kasan Abdul, 31; and Yasser Sabal, 36, of Maguidnanao del Norte, according to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA-BARMM) director Christian Frivaldo.

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Another suspect managed to elude arrest.

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The three suspects are now detained at the PDEA-BARMM detention facility while charges are being prepared against them.

Seized from the suspects were four huge sachets containing about 1.15 kilos of meth estimated to value P7,820,000, the buy-bust money, and a motorbike.

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A day earlier, a joint team of police and soldiers dismantled a drug den and arrested six persons during an anti-drug operation in Barangay Bagua Mother.

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PDEA-BARMM identified those arrested as suspected drug den owner Jennifer Pradi Maturan-Ali and her patrons Abduladzis Dandang Ali, Pagpag Lumabao, Sahid Linkuan, Esrafil Dading, and Akmad Giok, all residents of Cotabato City.

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Another suspect was able to escape.

About P40,000 worth of meth, buy-bust money, mobile phones, and identification cards were seized from the drug den.

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READ: 3 suspects yield P500,000 worth of shabu in Rizal busts

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