Government anti-narcotics authorities arrested on Wednesday night, March 13 a Lanao Del Sur municipal councilor and another suspect during a buy-bust operation in Quezon City.
In an initial report, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said that the operation resulted in the arrest of Maguing, Lanao del Sur councilor Norhan Haron Ampuan, 31, and Jalanie Haron Mama, 30, who are both included in the agency’s high-value target (HVT) list.
After the surveillance, the PDEA and local police operatives mapped out a plan that led to the arrest of the suspects at around 8:45 p.m. along Doña A. Roces Avenue in Barangay Paligsahan.
Apart from the 1,000 grams of suspected shabu concealed in a transparent plastic sachet, authorities also seized three deposit slips, three identification cards, a black wallet containing eight of various cards, a genuine P1,000 bill placed on top of one of the 10 bundles of boodle money, a black Toyota Avanza and two cellular phones.
The confiscated illegal drugs have a street value of P6.8 million.