The No. 9 Target-Listed Drug Pusher in Zamboanga Del Sur Was
Republic of the Philippines Office of the President PHILIPPINE DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY NIA Northside Road, NationalGovernmentCenter Barangay Pinyahan, Quezon City PRESS RELEASE # 088/14 DATE : February 22, 2014 AUTHORITY : UNDERSECRETARY ARTURO G. CACDAC, JR., CEO VI Director General For more information, comments and suggestions please call: Director DERRICK ARNOLD C. CARREON, Director, Public Information Office Tel. No. 929-3244, 927-9702 Loc.131; Cell phone: 09159111585 __________________________________________________________________________________ NO. 9 TARGET-LISTED PUSHER IN ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR ARRESTED The No. 9 target-listed drug pusher in Zamboanga del Sur was arrested by operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) during a buy-bust operation on February 19, 2014. PDEA Director General Undersecretary Arturo G. Cacdac, Jr. identified the suspect as Edgar Sayson y Catugal, 40 years old, married, listed as Number 9 PDEA Regional Office 9 Target List and a resident of Barangay Lumbia, Tabina, Zamboanga del Sur. At around 5:30 a.m., Sayson agreed to sell and handed over to a PDEA undercover agent one piece of plastic sachet of suspected shabu in exchange for the P500 peso marked money in Barangay Lumbia, Tabina, Zamboanga del Sur. Upon a pre-arranged signal, joint elements of PDEA Regional Office 9 (PDEA RO9) under Director Jeffrey A. Bangsa, Tabina Municipal Police Station and Zamboanga del Sur Provincial Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operations Task Force (PAIDSOTF) immediately swooped down on Sayson. Confiscated from Sayson’s possession were one piece of heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet containing white crystalline substance of suspected shabu, two pieces of cigarette foils, one plastic container and two folded aluminum foils.
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