BUSTED. The pieces of evidence confiscated by authorities during the arrest of Allen Rey Guitguit Cabiad, a government employee in Padada, Davao del Sur, during a buy-bust operation Tuesday afternoon (July 21, 2020). Authorities describe Cabiad as a 'high-value' drug personality. (Photo from Padada police station)
DIGOS CITY – Law enforcement authorities arrested a government employee in the Davao del Sur town of Padada during a buy-bust operation on Tuesday, a police official said.
Captain Arnold Absin, Padada police station chief, identified the suspect as Allen Rey Guitguit Cabiad, 32, a resident of Barangay Harada Butai, Padada, who works as an administrative aide at the town's municipal engineering office.
Absin said Cabiad is listed as "number 4 high-value target" provincial-level drug personality, who was arrested by a combined team of the local and provincial police, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), and the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) in Barangay Tulogan, Padada town.
Cabiad yielded a sachet of suspected shabu worth PHP13,600, a .45-caliber pistol, and other pieces of evidence, police said.
Absin said Cabiad was brought to the PDEA provincial office here for further documentation and filing of appropriate charges in court.
He said the suspect will be facing cases for violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, and illegal possession of firearms and ammunition. (PNA)
