POLICE in Region 12 documented as evidence 2.1 kilos of ‘shabu’ valued at P13.9 million and a Glock 9mm pistol seized from three suspects who delivered the contraband to Cotabato City from Zamboanga City on Tuesday. — PHILIPPINE STAR/JOHN FELIX M. UNSON

COTABATO CITY — Policemen seized P13.9 million worth of “shabu” as they arrested on Tuesday three drug traffickers in a buy-bust operation at a hotel room in Pigcawayan, Cotabato.

Brig. Gen. Percival Augustus P. Placer, director of the Police Regional Office 12 (PRO 12), identified the suspects only by their first names: Marhaya, 36, and Kadapi, 45, both of Zamboanga City; and Ridzmer, 38, who hails from Sulu.

Together with the Police Drug Enforcement Group 12, covert operatives of the PRO-12 met with the three at Room 3 of the Red High Heel Hotel in Barangay Balogo, Pigcawayan, about 40 kilometers from this city.

Upon completing the trade for 2.1 kilos of methamphetamine hydrochloride or “shabu,” police pounced on the suspects, seizing a Glock 17 9mm pistol and later impounding their white Toyota Fortuner which was used in transporting the contraband from Zamboanga City.

The three are now locked up at Pigcawayan Municipal Police Station, awaiting prosecution. — John Felix M. Unson

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