SoCot cops arrest suspected illegal drug pusher, seize Php.4-M shabu

KORONADAL CITY -- A man long suspected of peddling illegal drugs from Maguindanao to Koronadal City was arrested on Friday dawn, police here said.Chief Inspector Ramil Villagracia, action officer of Provincial Anti-Illegal Drug Special Operations Task Force (PAIDSOTG), identified the suspect as Tong Samama, 34 and a resident of Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao. We have been tailing this man for quiet sometime, overt and cover operations have been conducted to ensure he has in possession of huge amount of prohibited substance, Villagracia said after Samama was arrested during illegal drug buy bust operation beside Doctors Clinic and Hospital in Barangay Zone 4, Koronadal City.Seized from the suspects were 12 huge sachets of shabu he was to sell to a poseur buyer from PAIDSOTG, Villagracia said.Following the arrest of Samama, Villagracia appealed to persons engaged in illegal drug activities in the province to yield before the coming of new government.In Surallah, South Cotabato, 23 suspected drug pushers and peddlers showed up to the police station and vowed to reform after the police released in public the list of persons involved in illegal drug trade.Villagracia also urged parents and relatives of drug pushers and users to help them surrender and live new lives.In Banga, South Cotabato, police arrested a man wanted Friday for rape chargesPolice Officer 3 Chris Arang, duty investigator, identified the suspect as Akmad Abdul alias Mads, resident of Barangay Lamba, Banga, South Cotabato.He was number one most wanted man in town, Arang said.Armed with an arrest warrant issued by Judge Lorenzo Balo of RTC Branch 26, the police raided the suspects home in Sitio Lower Lambukay, Barangay Lamba.Akmad was facing charges for allegedly raping a minor. sand//scontent.fmnl4-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13342912_982813891825420_3842105102034739952_n.jpg?oh=a2d84a275981a8f448189745535dcc7fandampoe=57FF0612