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PDEA: P5-M shabu, green book found inside house of Maasim, Sarangani mayor


Some P5 million worth of suspected shabu, a mini-shabu laboratory, green book containing drug transactions and money trail were seized in a raid at the house of Maasim, Sarangani Mayor Aniceto Lopez Jr. early Friday morning.

Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency director general Aaron Aquino said Lopez was not at his house in Barangay Lumasal, Maasim, Sarangani when authorities served the search warrant.

“Wala po si mayor doon that time. We thought nagkaroon ng leak ang operation namin kasi may information kami na andun siya sa loob ng compound nya. At the time na pumasok kami wala siya. We just conducted search sa compound,” he said over radio dzBB.

However, the mayor already sent surrender feelers. PDEA officials are now coordinating with Senator Manny Pacquiao, party mate of the mayor, for his surrender, the PDEA official told GMA News Online.

“Nagbigay na siya ng feelers na he will surrender by lunch time,” Aquino said.

Aniceto was tagged as the leader of El Patron Drug Group that allegedly supports Ansar Khalifa Philippines and New People’s Army, according to PDEA.

Aquino said Lopez is not on the narco-list of President Rodrigo Duterte but included in the watchlist of PDEA.

Personnel of PDEA Region 12, Special Action Force, Joint Task Force General Santos, 27th Infantry Division, National  Intelligence Coordinating Agency 12, Philippine Coast Guard, and Intelligence Agency of the Armed Forces of the Philippines conducted the operation around 2 a.m.

Also recovered from the mayor’s house were one pack of suspected party drugs ‘ecstasy’, vials, two cal. 45 pistols, two M203 grenades, two fragmentation grenades, two rifle grenades and drug paraphernalias. — RSJ, GMA News

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