BUSTED DUO. Backed by the police, anti-narcotics agents of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao arrest two alleged high-value targets (3rd and 4th left) during a buy-bust in Sultan Kudarat town, Maguindanao del Norte, on Sunday (Feb. 12, 2023). An estimated PHP3.4 million worth of shabu was seized from the suspects. (Photo courtesy of PDEA BARMM)
COTABATO CITY – A team of anti-narcotics agents and police officers arrested Sunday afternoon two alleged high-value targets (HVTs) and seized PHP3.4 million worth of shabu during a buy-bust operation in Maguindanao del Norte province.
Agent Jocelyn Mary, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA-BARMM) spokesperson, identified the suspects as Tapimpi Alimudin, 67, and Badruden Ebrahim, 37, both of Barangay Salimbao, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao del Norte.
“The two are high-value targets; we have placed them under surveillance for at least a year,” Mary said in an interview Monday.
The two were arrested after agreeing to sell the illegal stuff to a poseur-buyer along the highway in Salimbao, she said.
However, another HVT, Abdulfata Mamalinta, eluded arrest.
Authorities also seized a motorbike and two mobile phones from the suspects, who are currently detained at the PDEA-BARMM detention facility here. (PNA)
