COTABATO CITY — Plainclothes policemen and agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-9 (PDEA-9) seized P29.9 million worth of crystal meth (shabu) from a peddler entrapped in Barangay Divisoria in Zamboanga City at about noontime Monday.
Brig. Gen. Bowenn Joey M. Masauding, director of the Police Regional Office-9, told reporters on Monday afternoon that they have taken custody of Azraf Kayza Julkarim Ikbala, who will be prosecuted for violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
Mr. Masauding said the peddler was immediately frisked and cuffed and after selling four kilos of shabu, costing P29.9 million, during a tradeoff.
Mr. Masauding said their intelligence operatives and PDEA-9 agents are still trying to identify the accomplices and contacts of Mr. Ikbala in Zamboanga City. — John Felix M. Unson