A Nigerian man was arrested on Tuesday, July 12 by joint
elements of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency
Region 3 (PDEA RO-3) and PDEA-National Capital Region
(PDEA-NCR) in a drug sting inside a resto bar along Don
Juan Sumulong Highway in Barangay Sto. Niῆo, Marikina
City, Philipine.
According to Manila Bulletin, the 33-year-old Nigerian
identified as Ejike Okoye (alias "Martin") is believed to be a
member of West African Drug Syndicate operating in Metro
Manila and nearby provinces of Central Luzon.
PDEA RO-3 director Emerson Margate revealed that PDEA
RO-3 agents were able to secure a drug deal from Okoye to
purchase of 300 grams of shabu for PHP360,000. They
agreed to meet inside the resto bar in Marikina City. That
was where they arrested the suspect.
Confiscated from the Nigerian were six medium-sized
resealable transparent plastic sachets containing a white
crystalline substance suspected to be shabu with a street
value of PHP1,050,000 and the marked money used in the
anti-drug operation.
The suspect was brought in PDEA Jail Facility in Camp
Olivas, City of San Fernando, Pampanga for further
investigation.
