MNLF member nabbed in drug bust
A MEMBER of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) along with his companion, were apprehended in a buy bust operation on Thursday, March 22 inside a motel in Cabaguio Ave., Barangay W. Aquino, Agdao, Davao City.
Davao City Police Office (DCPO) spokesperson Police Senior Inspector Ma. Teresita Gaspan said yesterday that a reliable confidential informant tipped off the information to their intelligence personnel on the drug activities of the suspects which prompted the operatives to pull anti-illegal drug operation.
She further identify the suspects as Cader Macasasa Macud alias Kadir/Cader, 26 years old, single, businessman and Arsalic Liminio Gamba, 23 years old, single, college student. They are residents of Narra St., Purok 4F Banana Extension, Bermudez Compound, Apoko, Tagum City.
“An alias 'Kadir' was peddling illegal drugs locally known as shabu within AOR (area of responsibility) and further informed the team that the subject person is also a member of Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF),” the police spot report said.
The Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) of Sta. Ana Police Station and a team from the Philippine Drug Enforcemnet Agency (PDEA 11) conducted the drug buy-bust operation under pre-op #30004-032018-0141 issued by PDEA 11 which resulted to the arrest of the suspects.
The suspects were arrested at around 5:35 p.m. after an undercover poseur buyer from PDEA 11 purchased one piece of rectangular shape heat
sealed transparent plastic sachet containing shabu in exchange of prepared buy-bust marked money of one piece genuine P1,000 bill placed on top of 39 pieces of 1,000 peso bills boodle money.
Afterwards, during frisking, the personnel confiscated other pieces of evidence including one big size square shape heat sealed transparent plastic sachet containing white crystalline substance believed to be shabu and another three rectangular shape heat sealed transparent plastic sachet containing the same substance.
Recovered from their possession are also one piece big red pouch, one unit blue Nokia cellular phone, identification card of alias Kadir indicating his membership with MNLF, and personal money amounting to P850.00
The confiscated suspected illegal drugs have a street value of P1,440,000 and with an estimated weight of around 120 grams. The suspects were considered High Value Target –Armed Group.
The suspects are now under the custody of the police station and charges are being readied to file against them for violating the Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Act.