HE two-day anti-crime operations by the Police Regional Office 3 resulted in the confiscation of illegal drugs, firearms and ammunition in Zambales, Bulacan and Olongapo City.
The police operations were conducted from July 27 to 28.
In a report to PRO3 director Brig. Gen. Jose Hidalgo Jr., the war against illegal drugs by the Masinloc, Zambales police resulted in the dismantling of a drug den, and the confiscation of illegal drugs, guns and bullets.
Nabbed during the implementation of the search warrant were seven men, including the drug den operator identified as John Michael Segovia alias “Boss Balong,” a high-value target; Allan Ventura, Jeffrey Natividad, Ralph Cadasos, Romano Illorig, Maximo Viscara Jr. and Ben Navarro Jr..
Segovia was earlier arrested on the same offense in 2012, 2015, and in 2019.
Confiscated from the suspects were five sachets containing shabu worth P215,000, one bundle and a sachet of dried marijuana leaves worth P82,500 and 25 pieces of suspected ecstasy pills worth P42,500.
Also seized were one cal. .45 pistol, two cal. .38 revolvers, one cal. .22 pistol, one improvised cal. .22 rifle/air gun, five pistol magazines, assorted live bullets and drug paraphernalia.
In Sta. Maria, Bulacan, the Sta. Maria police nabbed a high-value individual named Benito Capili Jr. alias ‘’Unyo,’’ of Bgy. Lolomboy, Bocaue, Bulacan in a buy-bust operation that yielded marked bills and four plastic sachets containing shabu worth P408,000.
In Olongapo City, personnel of the City Police Drug Enforcement Unit arrested in an entrapment Alejandro Ong, of Bgy. Pag-asa, and his cohorts Jhantzen Angelo Sabeniano, also of Bgy. Pag-asa, and Jhuner Reyes, of Bgy. Gordon Heights.
Seized from the trio were one black pouch containing five plastic sachets of shabu worth P170,000.
Hidalgo lauded the operating troops for their commitment and hard work to stop if not, prevent the proliferation of illegal drugs in the region.
The police operations were in line with the five Focused Agenda of PNP chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr. and the Department of the Interior and Local Government’s BIDA (Buhay Ingatan, Droga’y Ayawan) program.
