'Shabu Queen’ in Quirino apologizes to Duterte

The reported number one drug personality in Maddela town in Quirino has apologized to President-elect Rodrigo Duterte after her arrest.

A report on GMA-7’s “24 Oras” on Friday said that Maggie Sarmiento and her live-in partner June dela Cruz were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Santiago City, Isabela.

Authorities confiscated P500 marked money and two packets believed to contain shabu.

Interviewed by reporters, Sarmiento tearfully asked for Duterte’s forgiveness and vowed to stop dealing drugs.

Duterte during his thanksgiving party in Davao City on June 4 said that drug lords’ killers will get P5 million in reward. He also urged the public to go after suspected drug pushers and kill them if they resist citizens’ arrest. 

"Kaya kayong nandiyan sa neigborhood feel free to call us, the police, or do it yourself if you have the gun. Inaaresto kita bilang isang kriminal and I am invoking the criminal law of the land on the selling of shabu. Sumama ka sa akin sa istasyon. I have to bring you to the (police) station," he said.

Duterte also plans to ask Congress to pass a law reimposing capital punishment for heinous crimes.

The president-elect wants those convicted of crimes punishable by death penalty to be executed by hanging. — Trisha Macas/APG, GMA News