AN ALLEGED member of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and his pregnant wife were arrested after shabu was allegedly found in their possession during a checkpoint in Barangay Sirawan, Toril at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday.
The checkpoint was conducted by personnel of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, Toril police and soldiers under the Task Force Davao.
Meanwhile, their three children ages 14 ,9 and 5 were turned over to the Department of Social Welfare and Development while waiting for their relatives to pick them up.
Arrested were identified as Esmael Macasa, 40, and Asnihaya Macasa, 37, both residents of Balabagan in Lanao del Sur.
According to the report, they were flagged down at the checkpoint and police found 50 grams of shabu worth P450,000 hidden inside Asnihaya’s medicine box.
In an interview, Adzhar Albani, director of PDEA-XI, said the suspects were about to drop illegal drugs from Cotabato City and into Davao City.
“We have long considered him as a big time drug dealer,” he said, adding that he uses the same modus of using high-end vehicles to try to intimidate authorities.
The couple is now detained at Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Regional Office detention facility as they await the appropriate charge in violation of Sec. 5 and Sec. 11 of RA 9165 or the “Comprehensive Dangerous drugs Act of 2002.”
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