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DRUG SHIPMENT. Government agents seize a shipment of some PHP442,000 worth of suspected shabu Tuesday (July 5, 2022) at the Zamboanga International Airport. The illegal drugs were concealed in a rubber tube and attached to a toy truck that was shipped through a courier firm to Palawan from Zamboanga City. (Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-9 photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Ten people were arrested when government operatives seized some PHP875,060 worth of illegal drugs in separate anti-drug operations ...

ZAMBOANGA CITY - A high-value target (HVT) and 11 other individuals were arrested in separate anti-drug operations in the past week in this region, according to the Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9). The arrested HVT was identified as Jayboy Elorde, 31, a top 8 priority target in the police anti-drug campaign of Ipil, the capital of Zamboanga Sibugay province. Col. Albert Larubis, Zamboanga Sibugay police director, on Saturday said Elorde was arrested around 11:20 p.m. Friday in Purok Dayang, Bar...

High-value drug personality nabbed

Zamboanga Peninsula map ZAMBOANGA CITY - Units under the Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9) have arrested seven drug suspects and seized some PHP1.4 million worth of illegal drugs in separate operations over the past week here in the Zamboanga Peninsula. The latest drug haul happened Friday in Sitio Aticlan, Barangay Arena Blanco, here. Col. Richard Verseles, operations chief of the Area Police Command-Western Mindanao (APC-WM), said suspect Nasser Alih was arrested in possession of some 100 grams...

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High-value drug suspect nabbed

ZAMBOANGA CITY - Police operatives have arrested the No. 1 most wanted person in Zamboanga Sibugay and his wife in a law enforcement operation, a top police official said Monday. Col. Albert Larubis, Zamboanga Sibugay police director, identified the arrested wanted persons as Boyet Abrinica, 48, and his wife, Merlyn, 48. Abrinica is listed as the No.1 most wanted person in the province while Merlyn is tagged as one of the wanted persons in the same province. Larubis said the couple was nabbed in...

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