Four persons including a 28-year-old woman were arrested in separate anti-criminality and drug operations in Valenzuela City Thursday.
Roel Ancheta, 29 of Concepcion St. Lingunan was nabbed by elements of the Detective Management Unit along Pinagbayanan St. at 1:30 p.m. with a fan knife protruding from his waist.
When frisked, Ancheta yielded from his pocket a small heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet containing an undetermined quantity of suspected shabu.
At 1:30 p.m., elements of the Valenzuela police led by Insp. Gina Farinas flagged down Wilson Bulos, 40 of Macalangerona, Tarlac on MacArhur Highway, Barangay Malanday for not wearing a helmet while driving a motorcycle that had no license plate.
The suspect left his motorcycle and fled, prompting the police to give chase. When cornered, Bulos yielded a transparent plastic sachet containing suspected shabu.
In Barangay Marulas, law enforcers from the Valenzuela Police Station Anti-Illegal Drug Special Operations Task Group conducted a drug operation at 9:30 p.m. They arrested Mark Marvin Bautista, 34, and Rose Reyes, 28, both from Philippine Gun Club St.
Police led by PO3 Christopher Sacobos confiscated from the suspects two plastic sachets containing an undetermined quantity of shabu and an unsealed plastic sachet with traces of suspected shabu.
Valenzuela police chief Senior Supt. Audie Alolor Villacin said the arrested suspects will be charged with violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Act of 2002 before the City Prosecutors Office.