MORE BIG FISH: Ex-Lanao del Sur Mayor tagged as “drug queen” and military officer-husband arrested!

<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">MANILA, Philippines – Another big fish has been caught.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">A day after police reported the death of alleged big-time drug lord Meco Tan in Valenzuela, law enforcers swooped down and arrested a couple they tagged as heads of one the biggest syndicates operating in Mindanao.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At 11 AM Saturday, July 23, a joint team of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and Philippine National Police (PNP) raided the compound of Johaira Abinal and her husband army major Suharto Macabuat in Cagayan De Oro City’s Grand Ballon, Brgy. Kauswagan.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt4aR0VtgQbjXS6TG0TBN__4Bh8Xv3yPSuzBxvzWKUO7yypST2pNylyU2dws6TegMbDiYFUF8CBSh-vruar5dqK44rNytec35KnbjwG2Cp92b8L5DWvlaS_vIxGRHjBnEMbx9UJMUxbv8P/s1600/Screenshot_4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt4aR0VtgQbjXS6TG0TBN__4Bh8Xv3yPSuzBxvzWKUO7yypST2pNylyU2dws6TegMbDiYFUF8CBSh-vruar5dqK44rNytec35KnbjwG2Cp92b8L5DWvlaS_vIxGRHjBnEMbx9UJMUxbv8P/s1600/Screenshot_4.jpg" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The couple were arrested along with seven other individuals believed to be members of their syndicate. Recovered from their house were 200 grams of shabu, money, and a .45 caliber pistol.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Abinal was reported to be the former mayor of Maguing town in Lanao del Sur. Her husband meanwhile is stationed in Fort Bonifacio.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">According PDEA Northern Mindanao chief Adrian Alvaro, the couple headed one of the biggest drug rings in Mindanao—with their area of operations extending to regions in Mindanao’s northern, southern and central regions, Caraga and the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He said they get their supplies from Manila-based Chinese drug lords.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“They are dealing drugs in bulk,” he told the Philippine Daily Inquirer. “If the orders are huge, the payment is done through bank to bank transactions, and on consignment basis.”</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Alvaro added this is the first time the couple and their ring—which has been operating for 15 years—has been busted.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“This is the first time group member had been arrested,” he said.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; float: left; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">Source :</strong><br /> <div class="news-source" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; float: left; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 22.4px; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/798554/narcs-arrest-ex-mayor-tagged-as-mindanao-drug-queen" style="border: 0px; color: #e64946; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Philippine Daily Inquirer</a>, <a href="http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cagayan-de-oro/local-news/2016/07/23/alleged-big-time-drug-supplier-mindanao-nabbed-487095" style="border: 0px; color: #e64946; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Sun Star</a>, <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/23/16/dating-lanao-del-sur-mayor-arestado-dahil-sa-droga" style="border: 0px; color: #e64946; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">ABS-CBN</a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div>

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