PDEA arrests barangay councilor, MNLF exec in buy-bust operations 08/14/2011

PDEA arrests barangay councilor, MNLF exec in buy-bust operations

08/14/2011
Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) nabbed a barangay councilor and a member of a rebel group in Muslim-Mindanao during separate operations recently.

PDEA Director General Undersecretary Jose Gutierrez Jr. identified the suspects as Barangay Kagawad Acmodin Acmad, 39, and the alleged officer of the BangsaMoro Armed Forces of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) as Rajul Sahibad, 46.

Acmad, a councilor of Barangay Linokmadalum, Lapuyan, Zamboanga del Sur, was apprehended Aug. 10 in his own barangay after operatives of PDEA Regional Office IX, Provincial Intelligence Branch of Zamboanga del Sur Police Provincial Office (PIB-PPO), Provincial Anti-Drug Special Operation Task Force (PAIDSOTF) and Provincial Public Safety (PPS) recovered from the suspect 13 sachets containing 2.5 grams of shabu and drug paraphernalia..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20110814nat2.html