Republic of the Office of the President PHILIPPINE DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY NIA Northside Road, National Government Center Pinyahan, Quezon City

PRESS RELEASE # 411/15 DATE : September 15, 2015 AUTHORITY : UNDERSECRETARY ARTURO G. CACDAC, JR., CESE Director General For more information, text or call: Mr. Glenn J. Malapad, OIC, Public Information Office Tel. No. 929-3244, 927-9702 Loc.131; Cell phone: 09274560042 ______

NOTORIOUS DRUG COUPLE BUSTED IN

A husband-and-wife tandem who are both target-listed drug personalities, were arrested by combined elements of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) during a buy-bust operation in Sarangani Province on September 10, 2015.

PDEA Director General Undersecretary Arturo G. Cacdac, Jr. identified the suspects as Julito Malayon, 48 years old; and his wife, Merlyn, 38, both residents of Sitio Almaray, Barangay Atla-e, Malungon, Sarangani Province.

Joint operatives of PDEA Regional Office 12 (PDEA RO12) under Director Lyndon Aspacio, Joint Task Force Gensan, PCG and NBI arrested the Malayons in their own neighborhood in Barangay Atla-e after they sold more or less 10 kilograms of dried marijuana leaves worth P35,000 to a poseur-buyer, at around 6:30 in the evening.

Thereafter, a search warrant was immediately implemented in the Malayon’s residence that resulted in the confiscation of additional 12 kilograms of dried marijuana leaves, with an estimated market value of P42,000.

The couple is temporarily detained at PDEA RO12 Jail Facility. They will be charged for violation of Section 5 (Sale of Dangerous Drugs) and Section 11 (Possession of Dangerous Drugs), Article II of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

On September 11, 2015 at around 2:10 in the afternoon, the same operating unit arrested Rodney Dela Cuadra Cabredo, 31, a resident of Barangay , Poblacion, , Sarangani Province, after he sold one gram of shabu worth P7,500 to a poseur-buyer in Maitum Municipal Gym, National Highway, Barangay Malalag, Maitum, Sarangani Province.

Cabredo is a local government unit employee of Maitum, Sarangani.

He will be charged for violation of Section 5, of RA 9165.

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