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ROUNDUP: News in and around Metro Manila (Dec. 16, 2019)

Published Dec 16, 2019 12:00 am
QC anti-drugs cops nab 16 suspects with 21 sachets of shabu At least 21 sachets of crystal meth or "shabu" were confiscated by the Quezon City police from 16 drug suspects in its latest round-the-clock anti-illegal drugs operations. First to fall into the hands of Quezon City Police District's Novaliches Police Station (PS-4) were Archie Astorga, 32, Jeffrey Ornada, 34, and Angelito Arce, 38, all residents of Barangay Gulod. The group was nabbed during a drug sting at No. 13 San Miguel Street in Brgy. Gulod at about 5 p.m. on Sunday, yielding 11 sachets of shabu worth P6,800. Meanwhile, members of Anonas Police Station (PS-9) arrested Reymundo Redito, 37, Mamerto Roxas, 36, Isidro Garril, 36, Allan Perol, 37, Joseph Pangan, 40, and Joshua Sapora, 25, who were caught in a shabu-sniffing session. A concerned citizen informed authorities about the illegal drug activity of the group inside a small shanty in Brgy. UP Campus, resulting in their arrest. Seized from the men were six rolled aluminum foil strips with traces of shabu and a disposable lighter. In Brgy. Batasan Hills, anti-narcotics officers of Batasan Police Station (PS 6) collared Raymond Bordeos, 38, and Efren Sicabalo Jr., 34, after they threw a cigarette pack containing three sachets of shabu worth P11,150 in front of a bank along Commonwealth Avenue. Personnel of La Loma Police Station (PS-1) arrested Denver Navida, 38, and Allan Rey Papa, 39, who were initially accosted for riding a tricycle without plate number. The duo tried to resist arrest and sped off but were eventually cornered. When frisked, each of them yielded a sachet of shabu. At about 9:15 p.m. Sunday, members of Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) of Project 4 Police Station (PS-8) nabbed in a separate buy-bust David Del Rosario, 32, of Brgy. Project 4. Confiscated from him were a sachet of shabu, a sachet of marijuana, and the buy-bust money. The same operatives of PS-8 took into custody Christian Rañon, 21, and Michael Gaerlan Domingo, 25, at about 1:15 a.m Monday inside the comfort room of a function Hall in Brgy. Bagumbayan. Barangay officers caught the two men in possession of four sachets of shabu and a glass tube pipe with traces of burnt marijuana. The suspects are now under police custody and were charged with violation of the Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. (Alexandria San Juan)  Anti-drug cops nab suspect with shabu worth P17-K in Muntinlupa Anti-narcotics police in Muntinlupa City arrested early Monday morning an alleged drug personality after a buy-bust operation that yielded shabu (methamphetamine) worth P17,000. Members of the Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) conducted an anti-drugs operation around 3 a.m. at Ilaya 6B, Barangay Alabang, Muntinlupa City, resulting in the arrest of the suspect. Police senior master sergeant Roderick Bausa, case investigator, identified the suspect as King Edward Dumlao. Operatives confiscated from him three small heat-sealed transparent plastic sachets containing a white crystalline substance suspected to be shabu. The sachets will be turned over to the Southern Police District Crime Laboratory for chemical analysis. The suspect is now detained at Muntinlupa Custodial Facility for proper disposition. (Dhel Nazario)
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