PAGADIAN CITY--A high-value target and a former drug surrenderer were arrested in a buy-bust operation in this city, a police official said on Tuesday.
Lt. Col. Alvin Saguban, Pagadian City police chief, identified the arrested suspects as Ian Belano Chiu, 39 and Amir Pakil, 29. They were nabbed in a buy-bust operation around 11:50 p.m. Monday in Barangay Santiago.
Saguban said Chiu, a high-value target, and Pakil, who had already surrendered under the government's Oplan Tokhang, yielded some PHP10,000 worth of suspected shabu and marked money.
He said the suspects were being detained at Pagadian City police headquarters while a case of violation for Republic Act 9165, otherwise known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, is set to be filed against them. (PNA)