1 killed, 4 arrested in Maguindanao drug bust

 BUSTED. Four drug suspects hide their faces as PDEA agents account for the P102,000 worth of shabu items seized at the drug den they are operating in SPDA Village, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao. The PDEA operation on Wednesday night, December 9, 2020, also resulted in the killing of principal target Angkino Mamalangkas who attempted to lob a grenade towards the law enforcers. (PHOTO COURTESY OF PDEA-BARMM, MINDANAO EXPOSE’) 

 COTABATO CITY – A drug suspect was killed while four others were arrested following a drug buy-bust operation that yielded some P102,000 worth of suspected shabu in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao on Wednesday night, December 9.

Juvenal Azurin, director of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency – Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PDEA-BARMM) identified the slain suspect as Angkino Mamalangkas, of SPDA Village, Barangay Semba in the municipality.

“After sensing a buy-bust, the suspect (Mamalangkas) ran and attempted to lob a grenade towards the PDEA agents, who in turn were forced to neutralize him,” Azurin said. 

Four others, identified as Saidemen Sanday Mutalib, Juhaimir Lumenda Utto, Salipudin Tasil Maslamama, and Edito Banas de la Cruz, were arrested in the operation. 

Azurin said they have been monitoring the illegal activities of Mamalangkas in the area who has been operating a drug den when they carried out the raid. 

Seized from the drug den were some 15 grams of shabu with a street value of P102, 000; a fragmentation grenade, drug paraphernalia, and the marked money 

The arrested suspects were charged for violation of R.A. 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. (NOEL PUNZALAN, PNA, MINDANAO EXPOSE’)