January 19, 2021 POLICE operatives arrested three people, one of them an alleged big-time drug pusher, and seized some P184,000 worth of shabu in separate anti-drug campaigns in Zamboanga Peninsula, officials said Tuesday, January 19.
The Police Regional Office-Zamboanga Peninsula identified the arrested suspects as Edward Macajelos, 25; Norman Gutierrez, 34; and Nerissa Sojor, 38.
Macajelos was arrested by personnel of the Zamboanga del Norte Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit led by Police Lieutenant Leo Suan in coordination with Dipolog City police and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in buy-bust operation around 7:55 p.m. Monday, January 18, in Purok Bougenvilla, Gulayon village, Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte.
Seized from the suspects were some P120,000 worth of shabu, P500 marked money, P400 in cash, a container and a cellular phone.