PDEA, Army bust 4 in Cotabato, Maguindanao

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ByBy JULMUNIR I. JANNARAL (TMT)

SIONGCO, AWANG, DATU ODIN SINSUAT, MAGUINDANAO: Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA-ARMM) with Army’s 5th Special Forces Battalion arrested four suspects, including two high-value targets.

Capt. Arvin Encinas, 6th Infantry Division (6ID) spokesman, identified the two under PDEA-ARMM drug watchlist as Alton Sansawi Racman, alias Ellie, 27, and Nasrolah Sambolawan Salipada, 33.

The two were caught after handing over shabu for P65,000 to poseur buyer at a business establishment along Sinsuat Ave., Barangay Rosary Heights 10, Cotabato City.

Seized from suspects were two heat-sealed plastic containing shabu weighing 25 grams and 50 grams estimated at P510,000. Similarly, Bong Kanakan, 31, and Sadam Mamonlintao, 27, both of Datu Piang, Maguindanao were found with a sachet of shabu at a military checkpoint in Barangay Kanguan, Datu Piang.