Barangay kagawad, ex-NPA commander nabbed in Nueva Ecija buy-bust operation

A barangay kagawad and a former New People’s Army (NPA) commander on Sunday were arrested in Nueva Ecija, a report on Unang Balita on Wednesday said.

The two were arrested during a buy-bust operation of the Nueva Ecija Police Provincial Office and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Rizal, Nueva Ecija.

Nine packets of suspected shabu were seized from barangay kagawad Jayson Tabangay and former NPA commander Edgar Sanchez Espanto.

PDEA and Nueva Ecija police have long been monitoring Tabangay and Espanto.

Tabangay was also included in President Rodrigo Duterte’s narco list. —Akari Nakano/KG, GMA News