Cop, 2 others yield P13.6-M shabu in Zamboanga buy bust

By Teofilo Garcia, Jr.

September 19, 2024, 4:27 pm

<p><strong>DRUG STING.</strong> Three suspects yield PHP13.6 million worth of shabu in Zamboanga City on Wednesday (Sept. 18, 2024). The suspects include a policeman, a Coast Guard member, and a woman. <em>(Photo courtesy of RDEU-9)</em></p>

DRUG STING. Three suspects yield PHP13.6 million worth of shabu in Zamboanga City on Wednesday (Sept. 18, 2024). The suspects include a policeman, a Coast Guard member, and a woman. (Photo courtesy of RDEU-9)

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police nabbed three individuals, including a police officer and a Philippine Coast Guard member, and seized PHP13.6 million worth of shabu in an anti-drug operation here, authorities said Thursday.

Col. Romeo Espero Jr., deputy regional director for operations of the Police Regional Office-Zamboanga Peninsula (PRO-9), identified the suspects as Staff Sergeant Siddih Aliuddin Jr., 44; Seaman First Class Mohammad Abbas, 30; and Mardie, Aliuddin's wife and Abbas’ sister.

“It took several days to convince them to finalize the transaction as they were elusive,” Espero said during a local radio interview.

The trio was apprehended during a buy-bust operation conducted by the Regional Drug Enforcement Unit around 2:45 p.m. Wednesday along the highway in Zone 6, Barangay Boalan.

Aliuddin is assigned to the Regional Headquarters Service Unit of PRO-9, while Abbas serves at the Coast Guard Station Isabela City, Basilan.

Seized from the suspects were two kilos of shabu, boodle money, and a car from the suspects.

The group allegedly sourced the illegal drugs from Tawi-Tawi, according to police.

Wednesday's operation marked the largest drug haul in Zamboanga City and the Zamboanga Peninsula this month. (PNA)

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