Licensed teacher falls in Siargao drug bust


BUTUAN: The amount involved was measly compared to major drug buy-busts but the suspect was an unexpected one.

Anti-narcotics agents arrested a licensed teacher who also works as a tour guide in the popular surfing town of General Luna in Siargao Island during a buy-bust Friday morning.

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Caraga Region (PDEA-13) and the Surigao del Norte Provincial Police Office report said suspect “Niño” was arrested in his residence in Barangay 1.

‘Our agents conducted surveillance and build-up activities for weeks on the suspect,’ PDEA-13 information chief Dindo Abellanosa said in a text message to the Philippine News Agency on Friday.

The 40-year-old suspect yielded 70 grams of shabu worth PHP170,000 and 12.1 grams of marijuana worth PHP65,000, PDEA-13 said.

Authorities also confiscated from the suspect three tablets of the hallucinogen Ecstasy worth PHP6,000.

‘The arrested suspect will be charged for violation of Sections 5 and 11 under Article II of Republic Act 9165 or
the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002,’ PDEA-13 said.

Source: Philippines News Agency

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