PDEA-ARMM nabs HVT drug suspect, seizes P340K shabu

• Source: https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1063769
• Wednesday, March 6, 2019 4:03 pm

By Noel Punzalan (PNA)

COTABATO CITY -- Anti-narcotic agents nabbed a high-value target (HVT) drug personality from Maguindanao province and seized from the suspect some PHP340,000 worth of illegal drugs during a buy-bust operation here Tuesday.

Marlon Santos, officer-in-charge of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA-ARMM), identified the arrested suspect as Samin Agao Kusain alias Hussain Samin Agao, 36, former village secretary of Barangay Katidtuan, Kabuntalan, Maguindanao.

Santos said Agao was collared following a 3:30 p.m. deal with a poseur-buyer at the corner of Don Rufino Alonzo Street and Quezon Avenue in this city.

Agao yielded 50 grams of shabu with an estimated street value of PHP340,000; a wallet containing six identification documents, a mobile phone, and the marked money, the PDEA-ARMM officer said.

“An accomplice of the suspect identified as Noriza Ako alias ‘Bai’ managed to elude arrest,” he added.

Charges for violation of RA 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002) are being readied against the suspect who is now detained at the PDEA-ARMM custodial facility at Pedro Colina Hill in this city.