Joint elements of PDEA and PNP recovered Php 600,000.00 WORTH OF SHABU in Pigkawayan

Cotabato City  (The Redline News Philippines ) - Joint operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Regional Office 12, Cotabato Police Provincial Office (CPPO), CPPO- PPSF, Provincial Intelligence Branch (PIB) – Cotabato, Regional Intelligence Division (RID) 12, Regional Public Safety Battalion (RPSB) 12, 4th SAB-SAF, Pigcawayan Municipal Police Station, 34th Infantry Battalion – Philippine Army and 7th Infantry Battalion – Philippine Army conducted Search Warrant implementation against three notorious drug personalities in Barangay Buricain, Pigcawayan, Cotabato last  April 6, 2017 at around 8:30 in the morning.

Prior to the search, a firefight which lasted for about five (5) minutes happened when an unidentified group of armed men fired on the raiding team resulted the  of arrest of the targets said police.

Police said, while searching at the residence of  certain Roger Akmad  Alias Roger Sampillo police recovered  four (4) medium sachets of suspected shabu weighing more or less twenty (20) grams with estimated value of One hundred fifty thousand pesos (Php 150,000.00).

Meanwhile at the residence of  Lolly Sampillo Abas, police also recovered  five (5) large and two (2) small sachets of suspected shabu weighing more or less forty (40) grams with an estimated value of Three hundred thousand pesos (Php 300,000.00), several drug paraphernalia and one (1) notebook containing illegal drug transactions.

Another Search warrant was implemented against Udtog Akmad alias Udtog Sampillo, police recovered another  One (1) large and three (3) medium sachets of suspected shabu weighing more or less twenty (20) grams with estimated value of One hundred fifty thousand pesos (Php 150,000.00), one (1) homemade 12 gauge shotgun, four hundred (400) pieces Two hundred peso (Php 200.00) bills and one thousand seven hundred (1,700) pieces One hundred peso (Php 100.00) bills.

The raiding team also recovered were eight (8) suspected carnapped motorcycles, one (1) caliber 5.56 M16 rifle, two (2) caliber 7.62 M14 rifles both with magazines with nineteen (19) rounds of live ammunition, one (1) improvised 7.62 sniper rifle and one (1) barrett caliber 50 sniper rifle recovered during clearing of the marshy banks of the said area. The motorcycles were turned over to LTO and HPG for verification while the recovered firearms are in the custody of CPPO for ballistic examination.

The group of the Akmads and Abas are known for their illegal drug business in areas of Cotabato Province and Maguindanao.

Police filed Cases to the suspects for violation of Section 11 (Possession of Dangerous Drugs), Article II of Republic Act 9165 or The Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 and Republic Act 10591, the suspects who remain at-large.(PR/posted by Becky D. de Asis-The Redline News Philippines)