BY NONOY E LACSON
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police arrested on Tuesday two suspected illegal drug dealers in this city and confiscated from them about a kilo of shabu with an estimated market value of P6.8 million.
Police Regional Office for Zamboanga Peninsula (PRO-9) director Police Brig. Gen. Jesus Cambay Jr. said operatives from the Ayala Police Station led by Capt. Orlyn Leyte seized the illegal drugs from Dheemson Sahisa Ingkil alias Dhems, 26, a seaweed farmer, and Nhidzmar Jajalis Bensali alias Nhidz, 23, both residents of Barangay Cabaluay, a coastal village in the east district of the city.
The prohibited substance was confiscated during a buy-bust operation conducted at Zone 3, Barangay Cabaluay in this city at about 9:30 p.m. on Nov. 3.
The police also recovered from the duo P1,000 marked money and boodle money.
The suspects were locked at the Ayala Police Station pending the filing of proper charges against them. (Nonoy E Lacson)
