SAN QUNITIN, Abra – Two siblings were arrested and more than 200K peso worth of suspected “shabu” was seized in a buy-bust operation conducted in the municipality recently.
Police Brig. Gen. Mafelino A. Bazar, regional director of the Police Regional office (PrO) in the Cordillera, identified as Alexander Alcantara Agtual, 45, and Melvin Alcantara Agtual, 35, both residents of Sta. Maria, Ilocos Sur.
Suspects Agtual brothers were arrested by the joint operatives of the Abra PPO Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit and San Quintin Municipal Police Station (MPS) after they sold 2 sachets of suspected “shabu” weighing more or less 30 grams with a standard drug price of P 204,000.00.
In a statement, PBGen Bazar lauded the combined operating units for another successful operation against illegal drugs in Abra. The suspects were brought to the custody of San Quintin MPS and they will now be facing charges for violation of RA 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Act of 2002.