KIDAPAWAN CITY – Police authorities have arrested four persons during separate law enforcement operations in North Cotabato province on Monday.
Colonel Maximo Layugan, North Cotabato police director, said the law enforcement operations were separately conducted in the towns of M’lang, Pres. Roxas, and Antipas.
During the 10 a.m. anti-drug operation, police have arrested Teofilo Andrade, 44, of Barangay Sangat, M’lang, North Cotabato.
“Andrade is listed in the police watch-list as most wanted and a high-value target in town,” Layugan said.
Also arrested was Archie Lubon Verdon, 36, of Barangay New Cebu, Pres. Roxas town after two suspected sachets of shabu were confiscated from him at a police checkpoint operation along the national highway of the municipality.
Meanwhile, police operatives said they also collared two wanted persons in separate areas in Antipas and the adjacent town of Matalam, also in North Cotabato.
Police nabbed Alely Mateo, 20, a house helper and resident of Barangay Malatab, Antipas, based on a search warrant issued by Judge Aida Estrella Macapagal-Fojas of Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 195 in Paranaque City.
In Matalam, North Cotabato, police also arrested Leslie Ann Budao, 22, a bank clerk from Barangay Cuambugan, Tagum City. Both were arrested for qualified theft in Paranaque City.
Layugan said that both Mateo and Budao are now under police custody and will soon be turned over to the court that issued their warrants.
He said the arrested persons will face charges for violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. (PNA)
