Cop falls in Cagayan de Oro drug bust

MANILA, Philippines — Anti-narcotics agents arrested two men, including policeman, during a buy-bust operation in Cagayan de Oro City, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said on Tuesday.

PDEA Director General Arturo Cacdac Jr. identified the suspects as Police Officer 1 Darwin Maputi of Indahag, Cagayan de Oro City and Arsad Ayunan, a native of Banggolo, Marawi City.

Maputi, 35, is assigned at the Cagayan de Oro City Police Office-Police Station 2.

Operatives of PDEA Regional Office 10 in collaboration with elements of the City Intelligence Branch-Cagayan de Oro City Police Office, arrested Ayunan after he was caught selling a sachet of shabu to a poseur-buyer in Barangay 34 around 1 p.m. on Sunday.

Maputi, who happened to be in the immediate vicinity, was also arrested.

When frisked, Ayunan and Maputi yielded additional five sachets of shabu, five sachets of dried marijuana leaves contained in a cigarette pack, a 9mm Beretta pistol, mobile phones and assorted drug paraphernalia.

The confiscated illegal drug has a total estimated street value of P40,000.

Authorities will file in court against Ayunan for violation of Section 5 (Sale of Dangerous Drugs), Section 11 (Possession of Dangerous Drugs) and Section 12 (Possession of Drug Paraphernalia), Article II of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, while Maputi will be facing charges for violation of Section 11 and Section 15 (Use of Dangerous Drugs).