Lady ‘drug pusher’ nabbed near police station; P1M shabu seized

Seized shabu (CDN FILE PHOTO/ CHRISTIAN MANINGO)

KORONADAL CITY – Police in General Santos City arrested a lady suspected to be a big-time illegal drug pusher peddling shabu just a stone’s throw away from a police compound.

Police seized about P1 million worth of illegal drugs during the operation.

Supt. Romeo Galgo, police regional spokesperson, said five others were arrested during drug buy bust operations on Banahaw Street, Barangay Fatima in General Santos.

Galgo identified the suspect as Sahada Malawan, 35. Her husband has been arrested and locked up in jail on drug charges, said Galgo, who did not name the husband at the time he released information to the media.

Police agents posing as a buyer of shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) managed to secure P1,000 worth of prohibited stuff from Malawan, more known in the drug trade as “Madam” or the “Shabu Queen of GenSan,” during the early hours of Nov. 7.

Galgo said the team seized seven sachets of shabu weighing more than 100  grams with an estimated market value of P1 Million.

“The suspect has been under police surveillance since July,” Galgo said. “We found out she was also closely monitoring police movements in conducting her illegal business, transferring from one place to another to avoid police trackers.”  SFM/rga