Armed drug dealer snared during Surigao Norte town drug bust
Joint elements of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Caraga, Surigao del Norte Police Provincial Office - Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit (SDN PPO-PDEU), Bacuag Municipal Police Station, and Surigao del Norte Police Provincial Mobile Force Company (SDN PMFC) 2nd Company successfully apprehended a drug dealer in Bacuag, Surigao del Norte in the afternoon of February 16, 2022 during the conduct of a buy-bust operation.
selling shabu to the undercover agent. The buy-bust item seized and another sachet of shabu recovered in the possession of the suspect has an estimated aggregate amount of Php37,000. The operatives also confiscated a weighing scale, aluminum foil, and a pair of scissors which indicated that the latter was not only repacking shabu but might also be using. The buy-bust money was also found in his possession.
Cases for violation of Republic Act The arrested suspect was identified as (RA) 9165 or the “Comprehensive Jovenile Adlao Arguilles, 48 years old, Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002” as married, and a resident of Socorro amended and RA 10591 were already in said province was armed with a filed before the Office of the Provincial caliber .45 pistol loaded with seven live Prosecutor of Surigao del Norte. ammunition when caught in the act of (PDEA-Caraga/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
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