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AGENTS of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Thursday arrested a family allegedly operating a drug trafficking business in Bacoor City, Cavite.<\/p>\n
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Arrested during the sting at Blk. 4, L19-B in Springville South, Phase 2, Bgy. Molino 4 in Bacoor City were Montaha Abbas, 43; his wife Norhata Bandong, 39; Bandong\u2019s brother Datu Bandong, 37; and the latter\u2019s wife, Elsie Dirod, 37.<\/p>\n
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All four are natives of Bgy. Labangan in Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur.<\/p>\n
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PDEA chair Director General Moro Virgilio M. Lazo said that members of the PDEA National Capital Region Office and Region 4-A Office, with the support of officers from the Bacoor City Police Station and the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency, conducted the successful anti-narcotics operation around 7:20 p.m. Thursday.<\/p>\n
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Seized from the suspects were a total of 3,500 grams of the \u201cpoor man\u2019s cocaine\u201d worth P23.8 million, the buy-bust money topped by a marked P1,000 bill, four mobile phones and a notebook believed to be containing notes on their illegal drug transactions.<\/p>\n
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Among the drugs recovered were the 500 grams of shabu initially sold by the suspects to an undercover officer. The rest of the prohibited substance were found in a box.<\/p>\n
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The four are now under the custody of the PDEA facing non-bailable charges for sale and possession of prohibited drugs under Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.<\/p>\n
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