ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police arrested four suspected drug pushers following a raid Thursday at a neighborhood compound in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines, reports said.
According to the reports by eMedia Television, a fifth suspect managed to escape and bringing with him some amphetamine hydrochloride, also called shabu.
Policemen, with guns drawn, chased the man, but he disappeared in the neighborhood. But another team of police officers recovered illegal drugs and a pistol inside the house of one of the young men arrested in the village of Tetuan.
Those arrested have been identified as brothers Roden, 27, and Rondell Punzalan, 22; Mychelle Mistul, 36; and Arturo De Padro, 38.
The drug trade in the compound was so rampant that neighbors were alarmed by the nightly presence of unidentified men in the area buying shabu. The illegal trade in the area reportedly began early this year.
Neighbors also complained of burglaries in the area and blamed them on drug addicts. Another hot spot for illegal drug trade in the village is an area known as “Cambodia” which is notorious for its gangs.
Village chieftain John Dalipe praised the police forces under Superintendent Haywin Salvado for their continued operations against illegal drugs in Tetuan. (Mindanao Examiner – Ely Dumaboc)
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