ZAMBOANGA CITY: Policemen, backed by soldiers, arrested two suspected drug dealers during an undercover sting operation on Monday, but a third trafficker – a cop – managed to escape and is being hunted down here.

City police chief, Colonel Rexmel Reyes, said security forces recovered about a kilogram of crystal meth worth P6.8 million following the arrest of Nasher Abdulkadil and Alhisar Nawadil. Their companion, Patrolman Jidkhan Raji remains at large.

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