Republic of the Office of the President PHILIPPINE DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY NIA Northside Road, NationalGovernmentCenter + , PRESS RELEASE # 363/17 DATE : July 24, 2017 AUTHORITY : ISIDRO S LAPEÑA, PhD, CSEE Director General For more information, comments and suggestions please call: Director DERRICK ARNOLD C. CARREON, CESE, Chief, Public Information Office Tel. No. 929-3244, 927-9702 Loc.131; Cell phone: 09159111585

PHP 15,000,000 WORTH OF SHABU SEIZED BY PDEA IN CITY

Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested four drug personalities during an interdiction operation in Pasay City on July 19, 2017.

PDEA Director General Isidro S. Lapeña identified the suspects as Jamal Tantao, a 39-year old college graduate, and resident of Victoria Shore, Dahlia Street, Fairview, Quezon City; Alnar Sultan y Pundato aka James Corpuz, 24, elementary graduate, and resident of Road 4 Sitio Kumunoy, Quezon City; Casan Rangaig, 42, high school graduate, and resident of 24F Carlos Street, Batasan Hills, Quezon City; and Isnairah Pundato, 40, college graduate, and resident of Blk 8 Lot 11, Capitol Estate 2, Batasan Hills, Quezon City.

At around 7:00 in the evening, agents of PDEA Regional Office National Capital Region (PDEA RO-NCR) under the direct supervision of Regional Director Wilkins Villanueva, together with Ninoy Aquino International Airport-Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group, conducted an interdiction operation against the suspects in a known courier company inside NAIA Complex, Andrews Avenue, Pasay City. Confiscated during the operation was suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride, commonly known as shabu, weighing more or less 2,000 grams, worth Php15,000,000.

Cases for violation of Sections 4 (Importation of Dangerous Drugs), 11 (Possession of Dangerous Drugs), and 26 (Attempt or Conspiracy), Article II of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, are being prepared for filing in court against the suspects.

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