A 27-YEAR-OLD woman was arrested by elements of the Mandug police after shabu was found inside a loaf of bread that she was supposed to deliver to a detainee at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 10.
Maj. Robel Saavedra, the commander of the Mandug Police Station, identified her as Jennifer.
According to Saavedra, she was a friend of Brian, a detainee inside who was apprehended for selling drugs after she delivered a pack of loaf bread. The police inspected the item and found the contraband wrapped in masking tape inserted within the loaf of bread.
They also confiscated a piece of foil paper and a Nokia phone. The drug evidence weighed bout three grams with an estimated street market value of P48,000.
Saavedra said the apprehension of the suspect should serve as a warning to others who think that they could smuggle drugs and other contraband inside the police station.
The suspect is now in the custody of this office facing charges of violation of Republic Act 9165, Sec.11 (possession of dangerous drugs), and Sec. 12 (possession of equipment, instrument, apparatus, and other paraphernalia for dangerous drugs).
2 suspects nabbed at
checkpoint over drugs
TWO INDIVIDUALS were arrested by the authorities after more than P17,000 worth of shabu were confiscated while passing through the military and police checkpoints in the city over the weekend.
Task Force Davao and Davao City Police Office seized over P17,000 worth of illegal drugs at two AFP-PNP checkpoints of Davao City over the weekend.
Capt. John Louie Dema-ala, the spokesperson of Task Force Davao, said the first arrested was Abulkhayr C. Tamano, 32, married, a construction worker and a resident of Tugaya, Lanao del Sur who was onboard a white HiAce van with plate number NGB 6333 heading toward Davao city at 10:42 p.m. on Saturday.
Seized from his possession was a sachet of suspected shabu weighing around 0.7 grams with an estimated street value of P11,200, the report said.
At 12:05 a.m. yesterday, Vincent Tamayo Gutierrez III, 32, married, a resident of Barangay San Isidro, Antipolo City, who was on board a public utility bus bound for Davao City when flagged down at the Lasang checkpoint.
Confiscated from the suspect was a sachet of suspected shabu weighing around 0.39 grams amounting to P6,240.
In a statement, the Task Force Davao said that these accomplishments are attributed to the joint security forces’ intensified checkpoint operations anchored in the heightened implementation of the culture of security in Davao City.
