MANILA, Philippines—A cockpit bet collector, locally known as masyador, landed in jail after anti-narcotics agents caught him selling illegal drugs during a drug bust in Cebu City last
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas arrested a Marco Antonio Gungog during one of their buy-bust operations in Barangay Tejero in Cebu City at around 4:40 p.m. on. Wednesday.
An agent, posing as a buyer, lured Gungog into selling him the illegal drugs right outside the cockpit where he worked as a bet collector. Authorities seized two packs of suspected shabu from Gungog, weighing around 100 grams and with a street value of P680,000, PDEA-7 said.Leia Alcantara, information officer of PDEA-7, said the masyador Gungog reportedly has the capacity to dispose up to one kilo of illegal drugs per week.
She said the suspect had been under PDEA-7’s surveillance for two months after they received a tip from a confidential informant during a previous drug bust.
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