Another Tokhang surrenderer falls in drug sting

By Jennifer P. Rendon

Another Oplan Tokhang surrenderer was arrested after he got involved again in the illegal drug trade.

Jebong Miagao, 38, a resident of Barangay Cabanbanan, Oton, Iloilo, was nabbed in a buy-bust operation 5:30 a.m. of April 24, 2022.

Members of the Oton Municipal Police Station and the Iloilo Police Provincial Office – Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit (IPPO-PDEU) collared Miagao after selling a sachet of suspected shabu for P7,500.

Recovered from him were six sachets of shabu and several non-drug items.

Major Kenn Albert Lepsia, Oton police chief, said that seized drugs weighed around 13.5 grams with standard drug price value of P91,800.

It was gathered that after he was subjected for Oplan Tokhang, Miagao underwent and graduated from the community-based rehabilitation program.

But Lepsia said they had earlier received reports that he was again engaged in the illegal drug trade.

Considered as a street level pusher, the suspect had only Oton town as his area of operation.

Miagao is now detained and will be charged for violation of Republic Act 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002).