BUSTED. A licensed teacher and tour guide (left), 40, is arrested at his residence during a buy-bust in Barangay 1, General Luna, Siargao Island in Surigao del Norte early morning Friday (Feb. 9, 2024). Seized from the suspect were shabu, marijuana and Ecstasy tablets with a combined estimated amount of PHP245,000. (Photo courtesy of PDEA-13)
BUTUAN CITY – The amount involved was measly compared to major drug buy-busts but the suspect was an unexpected one.
Anti-narcotics agents arrested a licensed teacher who also works as a tour guide in the popular surfing town of General Luna in Siargao Island during a buy-bust Friday morning.
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Caraga Region (PDEA-13) and the Surigao del Norte Provincial Police Office report said suspect "Niño" was arrested in his residence in Barangay 1.
“Our agents conducted surveillance and build-up activities for weeks on the suspect,” PDEA-13 information chief Dindo Abellanosa said in a text message to the Philippine News Agency on Friday.
The 40-year-old suspect yielded 70 grams of shabu worth PHP170,000 and 12.1 grams of marijuana worth PHP65,000, PDEA-13 said.
Authorities also confiscated from the suspect three tablets of the hallucinogen Ecstasy worth PHP6,000.
“The arrested suspect will be charged for violation of Sections 5 and 11 under Article II of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002,” PDEA-13 said. (PNA)
