POLICE operatives have arrested two suspected big-time drug personalities and seized some P102,000 worth of illegal drugs in an anti-drug operation in Zamboanga City, a top police official said Saturday, May 21, 2022.

Police Colonel Alexaner Lorenzo, Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO) director, identified the arrested suspects as Roderick Alvarez and Orlando Delos Reyes.

Lorenzo said the suspects were arrested by the joint operating units of the ZCPO’s Station 11 and City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU) in an anti-drug operation around 10:22 p.m. Thursday, May 19, along Cabato road in Tetuan village, Zamboanga City.

Lorenzo said the arresting team recovered from the suspects some 15 grams of suspected shabu with an estimated worth of P120,000.

He said the arrested suspects were detained pending the filing of formal charges for violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 against them.

He lauded the operating units for the successful anti-drug operation. (SunStar Zamboanga)

Source: SunStar (https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1929661/zamboanga/local-news/cops-nab-2-seize-p102000-shabu)