Has our entire country become a drug emporium?
A Nigerian man was arrested by joint elements of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Region 3 (PDEA RO-3) and PDEA-National Capital Region (PDEA-NCR) in a drug sting inside a resto bar along Don Juan Sumulong Highway in Barangay Sto. Niῆo, Marikina City late Tue evening, Jul 12.
“The Nigerian — identified as Ejiye Okoye (alias “Martin”), 33 — is believed to be a member of West African Drug Syndicate operating in Metro Manila and nearby provinces of Central Luzon,” reports Franco G. Regala in Manila Bulletin.
PDEA RO-3 director Emerson Margate revealed that PDEA RO-3 agents were able to secure a drug deal from Okoye to purchase of 300 grams of shabu for PHP360,000. They agreed to meet inside the resto bar in Marikina City. That was where they arrested the suspect.
The report noted: “Confiscated from the Nigerian were six medium-sized resealable transparent plastic sachets containing a white crystalline substance suspected to be shabu with a street value of PHP1,050,000 and the marked money used in the anti-drug operation.”
The suspect was brought in PDEA Jail Facility in Camp Olivas, City of San Fernando, Pampanga for further investigation.
Reader Interactions