AUTHORITIES arrested a top six city-level high-value individual and seized P340,000 worth of illegal drugs in a successful police operation around 10:30 a.m. in Barangay Ma-a, Talomo District on Saturday morning, Oct. 11.
According to the report, alias Jong-Jong, a 35-year-old married man, a resident of Purok 13, Bugac, also yielded a firearm.
He was arrested for violations of Republic Act (RA) 10591 (Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act) and RA 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002).
The Ma-a Police Station (PS16), led by station commander Major Philip Dave Uddin, implemented Search Warrant No. 2579, signed by Regional Trial Court XI Executive Judge Rowena M Apao-Adlawan.
Authorities seized from the suspect five heat-sealed transparent plastic sachets containing a white crystalline substance believed to be shabu, with an estimated total weight of 50 grams.
They also confiscated a Caliber .45 ACP Forjas Taurus Model pistol, a magazine, and three pieces of live ammunition from the businessman.
The suspect is now under police custody pending the filing of cases.
