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PRESS RELEASE# 388/16 DATE : August 24, 2016 AUTHORITY : ISIDRO S LAPEÑA, PhD, CSEE Director General For more information, comments and suggestions please call: DERRICK ARNOLD C. CARREON, CESE, Director, Public Information Office Tel. No. 929-3244, 927-9702 Loc.131; Cell phone: 09159111585 ______

2 TARGETED DRUG SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN OROQUIETA SEARCHES P750,000 worth of shabu, drug paraphernalia, ammos seized

Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested two targeted drug personalities during the implementation of two search warrants in Oroquieta City on August 19, 2016.

PDEA Director General Isidro S. Lapeña said that the two lawful searches were implemented in Barangay Lower Lamac and Barangay Taboc Sur, Oroquieta City, by elements of PDEA Regional Office 10 (PDEA RO10) under Director Adrian Alvariño, at around 5:30 in the morning.

Arrested during the operation were Jaime Cabilando, alias Kandong/Manong; and Lourdes Badenas Legaspi, alias Oding, both included in the list of targeted drug personalities of PDEA RO10; Jimmer Cabilando; and Milky Roycem Balolong.

Seized inside the suspects’ houses were a total of 30 transparent plastic sachets containing methamphetamine hydrochloride, or shabu, weighing more or less 150 grams worth P750,000, various drug paraphernalia, 23 pieces of magazines containing 5.56mm ammunition, one cal. 45 magazine containing 10 pieces of live ammunition, P508,572 cash, one passbook and one blue box of different kinds of jewelries worth approximately millions of pesos.

The arrested suspects will be charged for violation of Section 11 (Possession of Dangerous Drugs) and Section 12 (Possession of Drug Paraphernalia), Article II, of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. They are presently detained at PDEA RO 10 Misamis Occidental Jail Facility. Separate cases for violation of RA 10591, or The Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Act, will also be filed against them. # # #