CONFISCATED. An inventory of the PHP1.8 million worth of suspected shabu from a suspect in San Jose de Buenavista on May 24, 2026. San Jose de Buenavista Municipal Police Station Chief, Major Geremy Ian Magbanua, said in an interview on Monday (May 25), three search warrants were served to alias Samuel/ Nonoy. (Photo courtesy of San Jose de Buenavista Police Station)
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique – Anti-drug operatives in Antique seized its biggest haul for this year, valued at PHP1.8 million, following an operation in Barangay 8, San Jose, Antique, on Sunday.
Major Geremy Ian Magbanua, chief of police of the San Jose de Buenavista Municipal Police Station, on Monday, identified the suspect as alias “Samuel/Nonoy,” 46 years old and a resident of the same barangay.
The suspect, a regional top-priority high-value individual and listed in the regional target of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), was served with three search warrants, including violation of Republic Act (RA) 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002; RA 10591, or the Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act; and RA 9516 or Illegal Possession of Explosives.
The joint operation with PDEA and the Antique Provincial Police Intelligence Unit confiscated 270 grams of shabu, 13 pieces of .9mm live ammunition, one unit .38 revolver loaded with five pieces of caliber .38 live ammunition and five pieces of .38 live ammunition.
Magbanua said the suspect has a wide network in the illegal drug trade.
“The arrested person either gets his supply from the National Capital Region (NCR) through a roll-on roll-off or from his suppliers in Iloilo City,” he said in an interview.
The suspect was also arrested for a drug case in 2019, but was released in 2024 after appealing his case with the Court of Appeals. (PNA)