RSOG nabbed siblings for drugs, grenade, guns

By RPCRD, Police Regional Office 8
July 25, 2013

CAMP KANGLEON, Palo, Leyte – The Regional Special Operations Group (RSOG) on Wednesday arrested a notorious drug pusher and his sister during a raid in Burauen town in Leyte.

Police Regional Office 8 director Chief Superintendent Elmer Ragadio Soria identified the suspects as Melardo del Pilar y Sosing and his sister Adelfa Olino y del Pilar who were arrested in buy bust operations and raids together with one Ricardo Araña alias Kadoy for bearing unlicensed firearm.

At around 4:30 p.m., RSOG led by PSInsp. Dinvir Revita, with elements of Burauen Municipal Police Station led by PCInsp. Federico Sanchez, conducted simultaneous buy-bust operation and implementation of a search warrant issued by Executive Judge Yolanda Dagandan Regional Trial Court Branch 15 in Burauen, Leyte at the residence of del Pilar in Brgy. San Jose West.

Police recovered from the suspect during the buy-bust two heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet containing white crystalline substance suspected to be “shabu” and one P1000 bill with serial number WV636250 buy-bust money.

Subsequent raid resulted in the seizure of one medium heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet containing suspected to “shabu”; several drug paraphernalia; one hand grenade; one caliber .22 rifle, and one magazine for caliber .45 containing 7 live ammunitions.

Same police team proceeded to the residence of Adelfa Olino at Brgy. San Jose East, some 1.5 kilometers from his brother’s residence, and also conducted simultaneous buy-bust and raid that yielded two small heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet containing suspected “shabu” and one P1000 bill with serial number UW184950 buy-bust money.

Lawmen also recovered during the implementation of search warrant one heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet containing suspected “shabu” and several drug paraphernalia.

Also arrested during the operation was Araña who was carrying an unlicensed .45 caliber Colt MK IV pistol with serial number 217533 with two magazines containing seven ammunitions each.

The suspects were detained at Burauen police lock-up jail as charges for illegal possession of drugs and guns are being prepared against them while the seized items were forwarded to the Regional Crime Laboratory Office 8 for examination.

Soria said the arrested suspects are considered “high value targets” and have been under surveillance by authorities the past weeks.