BUTUAN CITY—A couple arrested for peddling shabu in Butuan City has requested authorities not to detain them because no one will look or take care of their eight children, the oldest of which is only 11 years old.
But Butuan City Chief of Police Senior Supt. Romy Palgue said criminal charges have already been filed against the couple suspects.
Criminal Investigation and Detection Group operatives from CIDG Caraga regional office here accompanied by some operatives from Butuan Police Office identified the couple as Aragasi and Nora Camid, 33 and 32 years olds respectively. Both are native of Lanao del Norte but are now residing at Purok 11, Barangay Ong Yiu, Butuan City. The area is known as shabu tiangge in this town.
Joint CIDG and police operatives went to the suspected drug den and caught the two with eleven sachets of shabu, all hidden in Mrs. Camid’s underwear.
Also confiscated by the police operatives were marked money of 500-peso bills a total of P1,540.00 cash and drug paraphernalia, including a Honda XRM motorcycle suspected to be used in the illegal drugs transactions.
According to the couple, they are also into DVD/CD and other merchandise business. They are new in the shabu trade, having started only two months ago.
They said they were very poor and could not find any jobs.
Last week, a 67-year-old man was also arrested during a buy bust operation. The old man also claimed poverty forced him to become a drug pusher.