SEIZED. The suspected shabu items and .45 caliber pistol confiscated from the home of suspect Moises Seniel III following a raid at his home in Barangay Malayan, M'lang, North Cotabato on Monday night. (Feb. 15, 2021). The seized shabu items have an estimated street value of PHP70,000. (Photo courtesy of PDEA-12)
COTABATO CITY – Police and anti-narcotics agents arrested a 38-year-old village councilman in North Cotabato and seized from him sachets of suspected shabu Monday night.
Moises Seniel III, a resident and councilman of Barangay Malayan, M’lang did not resist arrest when lawmen presented him a warrant of arrest for illegal drug pushing.
“Two medium-size sachets of suspected shabu were seized from him along with a .45 caliber pistol with ammunition," Kath Abad, PDEA-12 spokesperson, said in a report.
Police officers backed by agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-North Cotabato and soldiers from the 602nd Infantry Brigade swooped down Seniel's house that caught him flat-footed.
The suspected shabu items seized from Seniel have a street value of PHP70,000, Abad added.
The suspect is now detained at the PDEA lock-up cell in Kidapawan City. (PNA)
