SK kagawad arrested in Panay for illegal drugs

By Felipe V. Celino

PANAY, CAPIZ – A high-value individual was arrested on Wednesday morning, Oct. 8, during a raid at his home in Barangay Cogon by local authorities.

Members of the Panay Municipal Police Station and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency served Search Warrant No. 59-2025 for violation of Republic Act 10591 (illegal possession of firearms) and Search Warrant No. 60-2025 for violation of Republic Act 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002) around 9:05 a.m. against alias Jim, a Sangguniang Kabataan kagawad of the said barangay.

The operating team was composed of personnel from the Panay Municipal Police Station led by Police Captain Ronald F. Ton-ogan, the Capiz PDEA led by Investigation Officer II Bob F. Gregorio, the Regional Intelligence Unit 6–Provincial Intelligence Team Capiz led by Police Captain Dinnes B. Razo, and the 1st Capiz Provincial Mobile Force Company under Police Lieutenant Jessie B. Lemana Jr.

Police reports said operatives recovered 10 heat-sealed plastic sachets of suspected shabu weighing 4 grams, with an estimated street value of PHP 9,000.

Also recovered from the suspect were a weighing scale, wallet, lighter, improvised scopes, aluminum foils, empty sachets, and a pair of scissors.

The suspect and the confiscated items were brought to the Panay Municipal Police Station for proper disposition.