OPERATIVES of the Muntinlupa Police Station Drugs Enforcement Unit arrested eight suspected pushers and seized suspected shabu worth P231,000 in three anti-illegal drugs operations on Sunday night.
Nabbed at 8:40 p.m. in Barangay Tunasan, Sto. Nino Village were Fren Manuel Balanoyos and Normen Abrasado Cornel. Seized from them were three grams of suspected shabu with a street value of P20,400.
Arrested in another sting operation 40 minutes later in the same barangay were Jirah Damian Arciaga, Melchor Alonzo Estorninos Jr., and Anthony Catalan Pablo. Recovered from them was suspected shabu worth P170,000.
Three more suspected pushers — Alvin Brigino Gonzales, Rod Escarlan Paclihan, and Joepet Arciaga Cachuela — were arrested in the same barangay 20 minutes later. Recovered from them was suspected shabu worth P40,800.
Col. Hermogenes Cabe, Muntinlupa police chief, said all eight have been under surveillance for some time now. — Noel Talacay
