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4 drug offenders nabbed in Caloocan

Pete Laude - The Philippine Star

MANILA, Philippines - Anti-narcotics agents arrested four suspected drug offenders in a buy-bust operation in Caloocan City Tuesday.

City police Anti-Illegal Drugs Unit head Chief Inspector Bartolome Tarnate said Ernesto Carlos, 60, yielded five plastic sachets containing shabu while Arsenio Maleza, 37, was collared after handing a sachet of drugs to a poseur buyer.

Two alleged drug users identified as Fernando Carlos, 26, son of Ernesto, and Jonathan Sy, 27, were reportedly caught sniffing shabu inside the Carloses’ house at 4 a.m.

City police chief Senior Superintendent Rimas Calixto had earlier ordered to arrest the elder Carlos, said to be a notorious drug peddler.

Calixto said the suspect was responsible for the proliferation of illegal drugs in the area.

A two-night surveillance operation conducted by the anti-narcotics operatives resulted in the arrest of Ernesto and his alleged henchman Maleza.

Apart from shabu, the suspects also yielded a digital weighing scale, a pair of scissors and other drug paraphernalia.

Police said Ernesto and Maleza were charged with drug pushing while Sy and Fernando were charged with illegal drug use.

ARSENIO MALEZA

CALOOCAN CITY TUESDAY

CHIEF INSPECTOR BARTOLOME TARNATE

DRUGS UNIT

ERNESTO

ERNESTO AND MALEZA

ERNESTO CARLOS

FERNANDO CARLOS

JONATHAN SY

SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT RIMAS CALIXTO

SY AND FERNANDO

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