LGU Employee Arrested in Davao del Sur Drug Bust

COTABATO CITY — Law enforcement operatives seized P129,000 worth of shabu from a 42-year-old employee of the local government of Digos City in Davao del Sur, who was entrapped on Friday, July 31, with the help of his co-workers who were aware of his alleged trafficking of narcotics in the province. Benjamin Gaspi, director of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency 11, and local executives told reporters on Sunday, August 2, that the suspect was arrested and detained by PDEA 11 agents and policemen after selling shabu to them during a buy-bust operation on Friday at Purok Tugas in Barangay Zone 3 in Digos City, the capital of Davao del Sur. The entrapment operation that led to the arrest of the suspect and confiscation of P129,000 worth of shabu from him was reportedly carried out with the help of tipsters, including his co-workers who were reportedly frustrated by his disregard of their advice to stop his alleged shabu-peddling activities and reform. Gaspi said the entrapment operation was conducted by their agents with the support of different units of the Police Regional Office 11 in Digos City.