CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Regional Drugs Enforcement Unit (RDEU) head by PMaj Allan Oniana conducted a successful joint drug buy bust operation with the elements of City Intelligence Branch (CIB), Police Station 5, COCPO in San Nicholas, Barangay Puntod on Sunday.
The regional director of Police Regional Office 10 – PBGen Rolando B Anduyan, said, the operation led to the arrest of the suspect identified as Dixon Eballe Sambaan, 42 years old, married, jobless, a resident of the saidplace and tagged as High Valued Target (HVT) involved in illegal drugs trade in the city.
Police officers seized one heat sealed and two pieces of big heat-sealed plastic packweighing more or less 30 grams with an estimated market value of P204,000 and an ordinary P1000 buy bust money.
Police Lt. Colonel Mardi Hortillosa II, spokesperson of PRO-10, told the media that the suspect has been arrested twice due to a violation of RA 9165.
“Suspect was already arrested twice of the same case by personnel of PS5 COCPO and PDEA 10 but the first case was dismissed and the suspect availed Plea Bargaining Agreement during the second case. Operatives continuesly monitored the suspected since he was still engaging illegal drugs for few months”, Hortillosa said.
The suspect is detained in Maharlika Jail, in Cagayan de Oro City Police Office headquarters, while waiting for the filing of charges in violation of Sections 5 and 11 of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Act of 2002.
