BUSTED. Police operatives arrest Engr. Benigno Segovia Jr., 30, (3rd from left), an employee of Maritime Industry Authority, and his friend, Emanuel Shun, 27 (2nd from left) in a buy-bust operation early Friday (Oct. 30, 2020) in Zamboanga City. The two allegedly served as resellers of a Sulu businessman who was also arrested in possession of some PHP2.3 million worth of marijuana on Oct. 17 this year. (Photo courtesy of Zamboanga City Police Office's Station 7)
ZAMBOANGA CITY--Police arrested on Friday a government employee and a colleague who are both listed as high-value individuals (HVI) in a predawn anti-drug operation in this southern port city, an official said.
Capt. Albin Cabayacruz, chief of the Zamboanga City Police Office’s (ZCPO) Station 7, identified the arrested suspects as Engr. Benigno Segovia Jr., 30, an employee of the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina), and his friend, Emanuel Shun, 27.
Cabayacruz said the two were arrested in a buy-bust operation around 1:30 a.m. near the gate of a motel in Barangay Lunzuran here.
The two suspects yielded some 800 grams of dried marijuana leaves with an estimated market value of PHP98,600 placed in a briefcase, PHP400 marked money and two resealable plastic sachets of marijuana leaves, police said.
Segovia and Shun served as "resellers" of a businessman from Jolo, Sulu, who was arrested in possession of some PHP2.3 million worth of marijuana at a dormitory on October 17 here, police said.
Police said the suspects were detained at the ZCPO’s Station 7 headquarters to face formal charges. (PNA)
