Davao City, March 21, 2025 – A joint drug buy-bust operation conducted at Purok Sambag, Barangay Camanchilles, Matanao, Davao del Sur, resulted in the arrest of alias “Nano,” identified as the region’s Top 6 High-Value Individual (HVI) in the illegal drug trade.
Authorities seized nine heat-sealed transparent plastic sachets containing a white crystalline substance believed to be shabu, with an estimated Standard Drug Price (SDP) of PhP 82,620.00. Additional items confiscated during the operation included two one-thousand-peso bills and a white plastic container.
The suspect is currently under the custody of the Matanao Municipal Police Station, Davao Sur Police Provincial Office (DSPPO), pending the filing of appropriate charges.
Police Regional Office 11 (PRO 11) Regional Director, PBGEN Leon Victor Z. Rosete, lauded the successful anti-drug operation carried out by the Regional Police Drug Enforcement Unit XI (RPDEU XI) in collaboration with the Municipal Drug Enforcement Unit and intelligence personnel of Matanao MPS, Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit/Provincial Intelligence Unit, 2nd Davao Sur Provincial Mobile Force Company, and the 1104th Maneuvers Company of the Regional Mobile Force Battalion 11.
The PRO 11 reaffirmed its dedication to the intensified anti-illegal drug campaign, aligning with the Strategic Approach of PNP Chief PGEN Rommel Francisco D. Marbil in the ongoing nationwide efforts to combat the drug menace.