NABBED. Anti-narcotics operatives account for the items taken from drug suspect Motin Kidap Jr. (handcuffed in blue sleeveless shirt) during a drug buy-bust in Pikit, North Cotabato on Saturday (March 14, 2020). Kidap is a former police officer assigned with Police Regional Office – Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao who went on absence without official leave. (Photo by PDEA-12)
COTABATO CITY – Joint police and anti-narcotics agents arrested a former police officer during a drug sting operation in Pikit, North Cotabato on Saturday morning.
Director Naravy Duquiatan of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Region 12 (PDEA-12) led the operation with Pikit police personnel in Barangay Poblacion, Pikit, North Cotabato, that resulted in the arrest of Motin Kidap Jr., 41.
“Confiscated from the suspect were 16 small sachets of suspected shabu with an estimated value of PHP8,160, the PHP500 marked money, cellular phone, and the motorcycle he used during the transaction," Duquiatan said in a statement.
Kidap, a target-listed drug personality, is a former police officer assigned with the Police Regional Office in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
He was declared absent without official leave (AWOL) following allegations of his links to illegal drugs, Duquiatan said.
Charges for violation of Republic Act 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002) are being prepared against the suspect, who is currently held at the Pikit police detention facility. (PNA)
