Task Force Davao (TF Davao) in coordination with the Davao City Police Office (DCPO) intercepted illegal drugs and unlicensed firearms at Lasang checkpoint in Davao City on May 18, 2022.
In a statement, TF Davao reported that at 4:30 a.m. of Wednesday, the authorities apprehended a certain Thomas Timotea Apat Malim, a resident of Brgy Mua-an, Kidapawan City, North Cotabato, when accosted in the mandatory inspection at the said checkpoint.
Intercepted from his possession were a sachet of suspected shabu weighing more or less 4.95 grams with an estimated street value of P79,200, and a Smith and Wesson Cal. 40 with serial number 39314421 along with a magazine loaded with eight live ammunitions.
‘From Tagum City siya pa uwi na ng Kidapawan,” Captain John Louie Dema-ala, public information officer of TF Davao, told Edge Davao.
TF Davao Commander Colonel Darren E. Comia stressed that the law shall be applied to all regardless of their socio-economic status, no one is exempted.
The suspect was turned over to the Bunawan Police Station for proper filing of appropriate charges in court.
