Police, Marines seize firearm, bullets in Sultan Kudarat anti-drug raid

From the Philippine News Agency (Oct 3): Police, Marines seize firearm, bullets in Sultan Kudarat anti-drug raid

Joint police and military authorities in Lebak, Sultan Kudarat recovered a high powered firearm, ammunition and prohibited drugs during an anti-drug operation and implementation of an arrest warrant.

But authorities missed the suspect, a certain Mads Pagabangan, when lawmen raided his house in Barangay Kinudalan, Lebak, Sultan Kudarat at 1 a.m. Monday.

Chief Inspector Benhur Catcatan, Lebak town police chief and Lt. Colonel Edwin Joseph Olaer, commanding officer of Marine Battalion Landing Team (MBLT-7), led the team that served the warrant of arrest against Pagabangan who, Catcatan said, fled before the raiding team arrived.

Catcatan told DXOM-AM Radyo Bida Koronadal that the raiding team recovered 23 sachets of suspected shabu and paraphernalia, an AK-2000 rifle, magazines, 200 pcs of ammunition for M-16 Armalite rifle, magazine for M-16, a mobile phone, bandolier, a set of fatigue military uniform and a blonde wig.

Catcatan said Pagabangan was in the police drug watch list. He has warrants of arrest for murder and qualified piracy charges.

Catcatan appealed to residents to Lebak to help the police and Philippine Marines locate the suspect.

"Report to police if you have information about Pagabangan since he is wanted by law," Catcatan said.

He could not say what armed organization Pagabangan belonged.

Supt. Raul Supiter, Sultan Kudarat town police chief, said a woman suspected of illegal drug pushing was arrested by police operatives of Lambayong town police personnel during anti-drug operation Monday afternoon.

Supiter identified the suspect as Bainot Nemenzo, a resident of Barangay POblacion, Lambayong.
Supiter said police seized 83 sachets of prohibited drugs with an estimated street market value of more than PHP400,000.

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