ARRESTED DUO. Police and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency operatives conduct an accounting on the PHP986,000 shabu drugs seized from two suspects in Butuan City on Sunday (July 31, 2022). Authorities also seized on July 25 some PHP560,000 worth of illegal drugs in Barangay Maygatasan, Bayugan City. (Photo courtesy of PRO-13)
BUTUAN CITY – Three high-value targets (HVTs) were arrested while more than PHP1.5 million worth of shabu were seized in separate buy-busts in this city and Agusan del Sur, a police official said Monday.
Brigadier Gen. Romeo Caramat Jr., Police Regional Office director in Caraga (PRO-13), said Sunday's anti-drug operation resulted in the arrest of two suspects.
Collared in Barangay Doongan here were Teodoro Saavedra Dalugdog, 35, a businessman, and Richard Bogwat, 32. The duo yielded a total of 145 grams of suspected shabu with an estimated street value of PHP986,000.
On July 25, the PDEA-13 and the Agusan del Sur Police Provincial Office also arrested Leny Balongag in a buy-bust conducted in Purok 6, Barangay Maygatasan, Bayugan City.
Caramat said Balongag yielded some 70 grams of shabu worth PHP560,000.
“Engaging in illegal drug trading will only lead you to prison, as simple possession of these illegal substances is a misdemeanor offense,” the police official said.
Caramat vowed the PRO-13 and PDEA-13 will continue to conduct intelligence operations on drug dealers and users to eliminate the supply of illegal drugs across the region. (PNA)
