A barangay kagawad of Polanco, Zamboanga del Norte in a drug bust operation conducted by joint PNP and Philippine Drug Enforcement unit of PDEA9 Saturday evening police report claimed.
Police Capt. Edwin Duco, PRO9 Spokesman said personnel of Zamboanga del Norte Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit in coordination with the PDEA9 together with Polanco Municipal Police Station conducted drug buy-bust Operation at Purok Tandang Sora, Poblacion South, Polanco, Zamboanga del Norte at 7:40 PM of May 1, 2021 which resulted to the arrest of. The operation resulted in the arrest of Gerry Montallana Tiol, 55 years old, married, Brgy. Kagawad, and a resident of Purok Tandang Sora, Poblacion South, Polanco, Zamboanga del Norte.
Duco claimed confiscated during the operation were of one (5) piece small size heat sealed transparent plastic sachet containing white crystalline granules believed to be Shabu (buy bust item), one (1) piece five hundred (500) peso bill as marked money, three (3) pieces total of one hundred forty peso bills in different denomination (proceeds money) and one (1) piece empty transparent sachet served as container of said items.
All confiscated drug items estimated weight of 3 grams with estimated street value of twenty thousand four hundred pesos (₱ 20,400.00). He was brought to Polanco Municipal Police Station for documentation and thereafter referred to Zamboanga del Norte Medical Center for medical/physical examination and afterwards brought to PNP Crime Laboratory for drug testing together with the drug evidence for chemical examination and weighing while the non-drug items were under the custody of Zamboanga del Norte Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit.
Duco claimed, the arrested barangay kagawad is now temporarily detained at Polanco Municipal Police Station. (PRO9 Public Information Office)Â