Republic of the Philippines Office of the President PHILIPPINE DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY NIA Northside Road, National Government Center Barangay Pinyahan, Quezon City PRESS RELEASE # 072/15 DATE : February 24, 2015 AUTHORITY : UNDERSECRETARY ARTURO G. CACDAC, JR., CESE 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 _________________________________________________________________________ TWO DRUG DEALERS NABBED IN TAGUIG CITY Two suspected drug dealers were arrested by anti-narcotics agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) during a buy-bust operation in Taguig City on February 20, 2015. PDEA Director General Undersecretary Arturo G. Cacdac, Jr. identified the suspects as Mohamad Ampuan y Maiden, 28 years old, married, vendor and a resident of 31 Rogan Street, Maharlika Village, Taguig City; and Nariza Ahmad y Alfad, 40, businesswoman, of Block 34, Lot 13, Dreamland Subdivision, Hagonoy, Taguig City. At around 10:00 am, elements of PDEA Regional Office 4A (PDEA RO 4A) under the supervision of Director Adzhar A. Albani arrested Ampuan and Ahmad after they agreed to sell one piece of small heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet containing suspected shabu to an undercover PDEA agent who acted as a poseur- buyer in Dreamland Subdivision, Hagonoy, Taguig City. Seized from Ampuan and Amad were one knot-tied plastic containing shabu weighing approximately 55 grams with an estimated street value of P70,000.00 and two pieces of P500 bill used as buy-bust money. The confiscated drug evidence was submitted to the PDEA RO4A laboratory for forensic examination. Ampuan and Ahmad will be charged for violation of Section 5 (Sale of Dangerous Drugs) and Section 11 (Possession of Dangerous Drugs), Article II of the Republic Act 9165, or The Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. On February 20, 2015, at around 4:30 pm, elements of PDEA Regional Office 10 under Director Emerson L. Margate conducted a buy-bust operation in Block 26, Lot 1, Barra, Opol, Misamis Oriental that led to the arrest of Naif Ali y Sultan, 24, target-listed drug personality, and a resident of Barra, Opol, Misamis Oriental. Seized from Ali was one piece of small heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet containing white crystalline substance suspected to be shabu weighing five grams. Seized drug was brought to the PDEA RO10 Laboratory for laboratory analysis, while Ali is temporarily detained at the PDEA RO10 detention cell. He will be charged for violation of Section 5 (Sale of Dangerous Drugs), Article II of RA9165. # # # .