BUSTED. Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency–Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao account the suspected shabu drugs worth PHP3.5-million seized from Jordan Rakim (seated, handcuffed), an alleged high-value target, during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Pinguiaman, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao on Wednesday (June 10, 2020). Aside from the suspected shabu (inset), also recovered from the suspect were the bogus bundles of money used by PDEA in the transaction and the suspect’s commuter van. (Photos courtesy of PDEA-BARMM)
COTABATO CITY – Anti-narcotics agents arrested a high-value target and seized some PHP3.5-million worth of suspected shabu following a drug sting operation in the Maguindanao town of Datu Odin Sinsuat Wednesday.
Juvenal Azurin, director of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency–Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA-BARMM) identified the arrested suspect as Jordan Rakim, 38, commuter van driver, and resident of Datu Anggal Midtimbang, Maguindanao.
“The suspect was arrested after dealing with a poseur-buyer,” Azurin said of the buy-bust operation that took place along the national highway in Barangay Pinguiaman, Datu Odin Sinsuat, shortly before 1 p.m. Wednesday.
Seized from the suspect were some 500 grams of suspected shabu with an estimated PHP3.5 million street value and concealed inside a plastic bag; the bundled “bogus money” used in the transaction with several genuine money bills on top; a mobile phone and the suspect’s commuter van.
Rakim claimed he knew nothing about the deal as someone has asked him to deliver the bag to a receiver in the Pinguiaman area.
He is set to be charged with violation of RA 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002). He is now detained at the PDEA-BARMM headquarters in this city. (PNA)
