CABANATUAN CITY – Four persons were arrested even as a police operation netted an explosive, a pistol, bullets and several sachets of suspected shabu in Barangay Singalat, Palayan City at about 8 a.m. Saturday.
Police Col. Leon Victor Rosete, Nueva Ecija police director, identified the suspects as Rommel Sarte, 37, resident of the said village; Nikka Reyes, 25, of Barangay Marcos, Talavera; Eduardo Dancel, 44, of Aduas Sur, Cabanatuan City, and Antonion Sales, 51, of Barangay San Roque, also of this city.
Rosete said the arrests were a result of the implementation of search warrants issued by the Palayan City Regional Trial Court Branch 37 against Sarte for supposed violations of Republic Act 9165 ( Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act) and 10591 o illegal possession of firearms and ammunition.
Sarte was included in Palayan City police’s drug watchlist, he said.
Recovered in the premises of Sarte, police said, were one hand grenade, one .45 pistol with bullets, eight sachets of shabu and paraphernalia, police said.
