TWO newly-identified drug personalities were arrested while some P60,000 worth of illegal drugs seized in a drug bust in Zamboanga City, the police reported Sunday, April 26.
Police Major Helen Galvez, Police Regional Office-Zamboanga Peninsula information officer, identified the arrested suspects as Vicente Francisco, Jr., 44, and Anwar Takaki, 21.
Galvez said the two were arrested in an anti-illegal drugs operation around 5:40 p.m., Saturday, at Seaside of Baliwasan village.
She said seized from Francisco and Takaki were some P60,000 worth of suspected shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) packed in 11 heat-sealed plastic sachets and P200 marked money.
A case for violation of Republic Act 9165 otherwise known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 will be filed against the two suspects. (VoxPop Philippines)