Dubria told the Philippine Daily Inquirer by text message that the suspect, Joel Abalayan, 43, a resident of this city, yielded a homemade .9 millimeter sub-machine gun and sachets of shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) valued at P50,000.
“As I have said, our intensified campaign is against the big ones,” he said.
Dubria said combined elements of the provincial anti-illegal drugs special operation task force (PAIDSOTF) under Senior Inspector De Quencio Pante and the city police led by Superintendent Querubin Manalang conducted a buy-bust operation on Abalayan and successfully arrested the suspect on Thursday.
“He yielded more sachets of shabu when frisked after the P1,000-marked money was recovered,” he said.
Dubria said charges of violation of the anti-drugs law and illegal possession of firearms were being prepared and would be filed soon against the suspect.
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