Police nets three suspects in Boracay buy bust operations

BY BOY RYAN B. ZABAL

Three drug suspects were arrested by operatives in two separate drug buy bust operations in Boracay Island.

On June 13, two suspects were apprehended at around 11:55 p.m. in Barangay Balabag, said Police Officer 3 Eric Lachica, investigator of Provincial Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operation Task Group (PAIDSOTG).

Police identified the suspects as 21-year Mark Anthony Joward Enriquez and his companion Maria Czarah Capitin, 23, both are residents of Lapu Lapu Street in Baclaran, Paranaque. 

A police asset handed P2,000 to Enriquez including the P1,000 marked money in exchange for two suspected sachets of methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu during the operation. 

Seized from Capitin were eight suspected sachets of shabu and a mobile phone containing text messages of drug transactions.

Meanwhile, at around 1:40 a.m. Sunday, joint operatives of Aklan PAIDSOTG led by Senior Inspector Bernard Ufano and Boracay Tourist Assistance Center (BTAC) chief Senior Inspector Frensy Andrade also arrested another drug suspect in Barangay Manoc-Manoc.

Police identified the suspect as Kennedy Noarin, 29, native of 2162 GG Cruz Street in Baclaran, Paranaque.

He was caught selling a plastic sachet of suspected shabu to a poseur-buyer for P1,000. Also confiscated from Noarin were two pieces of plastic sachets containing residue of suspected shabu and a mobile phone.

The recovered plastic sachets were then brought to the Provincial Crime Laboratory for examination. 

The three suspects are facing charges for violation of Sections 5 and 11, Article II of Republic Act No. 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 for illegal sale and possession of shabu.