No. 5 most wanted drug offender falls in QC ops

A top drug personality was among those arrested in a series of operations by anti-illegal drugs operatives in Quezon City Thursday evening until Friday morning.

Reports reaching the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) headquarters in Camp Karingal identified the arrested persons as Gil Capistrano, 46, of Barangay Roxas District, Quezon City; Aris Aguinaldo, 23, of Taguig City; Ricklyn Torres, 22, of Brgy. Silangan, Quezon City; Roland Funa, 33, of Parañaque City, Paulo Libunao, 30, of Project 3, Quezon City; and Jeffrey Vazquez, 31, of Mandaluyong City.

Capistrano, also known as "Mac Mac," was listed by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) as No. 5 in the priority target drug personalities in Quezon City.

He was arrested in a buy-bust operation conducted by the PDEA, in coordination with Kamuning police, around 6:30 p.m. Thursday on Gumamela St., Brgy. Roxas District.

The operation had caught Capistrano yielding two small heat-sealed sachets of suspected shabu, and the 200 marked money he received from a poseur-buyer.

Aguinaldo, Torres, Funa and Libunao, meanwhile, were arrested during a "One Time Big Time" operation by Cubao anti-illegal drugs operatives around 11:45 p.m. at a hotel along Annapolis St., Brgy. E. Rodriguez.