GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- Police operatives arrested three alleged “notorious” drug pushers included in drug watchlist were arrested in a buy-bust operation on Wednesday morning in a village in Koronadal City.
Chief Insp. Jomero Sentina, deputy chief of the Koronadal City police station, identified the suspects as Randy Despordado, 30, Aldrin Curoz, 32, and Elvie Facun, 33, all of Barangay Morales.
He said the suspects were nabbed at around 5:30 a.m. at a portion of Purok Spring, Barangay Morales after allegedly selling a sachet of suspected metamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu worth P500 to a police officer who posed as a buyer.
Seized from the suspects were six small, seven medium and one big plastic sachets containing suspected shabu, various drug paraphernalia and P500 marked bill.
Sentinta said they earlier received a tip from a concerned informant that the suspects had been selling shabu in their neighborhood and at a nearby night club.
He said they immediately subjected them to a series of surveillance operations to confirm their illegal activities.
“We were able to conduct two successful test-buys before we decided to launch the operation,” he said.
The police official said they sent the recovered evidence to the South Cotabato Scene of the Crime Operatives or SOCO crime laboratory in Koronadal City for proper examination and valuation.
He said the suspects, who are currently detained at the Koronadal City police station lock up, will be charged with violation of sections 5 and 11 or selling and possession of dangerous drugs, under Article II of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Act of 2002.(PNA)
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