COTABATO CITY — Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) seized P3.4 million worth of crystal meth from a suspected dealer during an entrapment operation in Malabang, Lanao del Sur on Wednesday.
The operation led to the arrest of the 40-year-old suspect based on tips from Maranao informants,
Gil Cesario P. Castro, director of PDEA-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, told reporters on Thursday.
PDEA agents and operatives from different police units under the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region detained the suspect, who was turning over half-a-kilo of the illegal drugs during a clandestine operation on Wednesday in a secluded area in Bacayawan village in Malabang.
The suspect, who was placed under the custody of PDEA-Bangsamoro Region, will be charged with drug trafficking. — John Felix M. Unson
