COTABATO CITY — Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-12 arrested three drug den owners in an entrapment operation in Barangay Libertad in Surallah, South Cotabato on Thursday, May 22.
Benjamin Recites III, director of PDEA-12, told reporters on Friday, May 23, that all three male suspects, entrapped with the help of units under Brig. Arnold Ardiente, director of the Police Regional Office-12, are now locked in a detention facility.
Local officials had confirmed that the three men operated a clandestine drug den in Zone 2-A in Barangay Libertad in Surallah, now guarded by volunteer community watchmen.
Recites said the suspects surrendered peacefully when they found out that they had sold P124,000 worth of shabu to non-uniformed PDEA-12 agents and policemen during a tradeoff right in the premises of their drug den.
Recites said local executives and officials of the Surallah Municipal Police Station vowed to help prosecute all three suspects in court.
Source : https://www.philstar.com/nation/2025/05/23/2445322/3-drug-den-operators-busted-pdea-12-operation