Authorities arrested a suspected drug trafficker, identified as 32-year-old fisherman Marjan Arani Diejo, in an entrapment operation in Barangay Kasanyangan, Zamboanga City on Tuesday night, April 22.
Around 1,050 grams of suspected shabu valued at P6.8 million were seized during the operation, marking the largest drug haul in the Zamboanga Peninsula this year.
In a separate operation on Wednesday, PDEA-9 agents seized P2.3 million worth of shabu from three traffickers in Pagadian City.
The suspects in the Pagadian City operation, who were from Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte, and Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur, yielded 350 grams of shabu valued at P2.8 million.
Both operations were led by the PDEG Special Operations Unit-9 and PDEA-9 respectively, in coordination with regional police under Police Brig. Gen. Roel Rodolfo.
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