Retired cop nabbed for selling drugs in Olongapo

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OLONGAPO CITY — A retired police officer was arrested on Monday (Oct. 17) in an anti-illegal drug operation here for allegedly selling shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) to an undercover agent.

Agakhan Ibra Barazar, 51, who had a rank of senior police officer 2 when he retired, was caught in a buy-bust operation in Barangay (village) East Bajac-Bajac here, said Senior Supt. Jerry Sumbad, acting director of the Olongapo City Police Office.

Barazar, a native of Lanao del Sur, was last assigned at the Police Regional Office in Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao prior to his retirement in 2012, police said.

Police seized from the suspect five plastic sachets containing alleged shabu.

Barazar is facing charges for violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Act of 2002.  SFM