THE Quezon City Police District has seized 10 kilos of marijuana and shabu in a “one-time big-time” series of anti-illegal drugs operation over the week.
Chief Supt. Edgar Tinio said at around 10 p.m. on Dec. 28, the District Anti-illegal Drugs Special Operations Task Group conducted buy-bust operation that resulted in the arrest of Ferdinand Aljecera, 29, a messenger from 77 Lantana St., Barangay Immaculate.
Authorities confiscated from Aljecera, who is the no. 1 drug personality in the DAID-SOTG, three bricks of marijuana weighing 10 kilos with a street value of P50,000 and the buy-bust money.
The operation against Aljecera was an offshoot of a recent operation conducted by the National Capital Region Police Office last week wherein 100 kilos of marijuana were seized from another suspect identified as Moises Nardo Simsim, 40, of Cayapas, Buguias, Benguet.
In a separate buy-bust operation, the anti-narcotics operatives arrested 11 other drug suspects at 10:30 p.m., in Barangay Escopa II.
They were identified as Joey Advincula, Jonathan Fedeles, Edgar Cadorna, Ren-ren Rendon, Cristina de Leon, Ricky Regalado, Angelita Autida, John Lester, Armando Solmarin, Aldrin Collantes and Antonio Cruz.
QCPD was able to confiscate from them nine plastic sachets of shabu, small weighing scale, several drug paraphernalia and the marked money used in the buy bust.
The suspects were arrested at around 10:30 p.m. at 3 Topside, Circumferential 5 Road, Barangay Escopa II.
They were brought to the QCPD headquarters in Camp Karingal, Barangay Sikatuna, pending filing of charges of violating Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
The arrest of the suspects was part of the relentless anti-criminality campaign under Oplan Lambat Sibat of the Philippine National Police.
Meanwhile, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency nabbed an elected barangay official in a search warrant in his house in Eastern Samar.
Director-general Arturo Cacdac Jr. identified the suspect as Virgilio Bagas Jr., 43, a former member of the now-defunct PNP’s Narcotics Command and the barangay captain and resident of Barangay 7, Maydolong, Eastern Samar.
Seized inside were 20 pieces of heat-sealed plastic sachet containing suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride, or shabu, weighing approximately 10 grams, with an estimated market value of P80,000, various drug paraphernalia, one Colt 1911 cal. 45 pistol with one magazine and seven pieces of live ammunition, one Colt Ar-15 cal. 45 with two magazines and 19 pieces of live ammunition, one Luger MOD TEC-K69 9mm pistol with two magazines and 19 pieces of live ammunition, 46 pieces of cal.22 live ammunition, 53 pieces of cal. 9mm live ammunition and 72 pieces of cal.45 live ammunition.