TACLOBAN CITY- The anti-drug elements of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA-8) together with the Tacloban City Police Station 2 and its special drug enforcement unit (SDEU) arrested a newly-identified drug personality during a buy-bust operation conducted at the Jerucel Pension House located in Barangay 31, this city, on March 14 at around 9:10 pm.
The suspect was identified as Jethro Villamor, 27, single, construction worker and a resident of Brgy. 60-A Old Road Sagkahan, this city.
Purchased from the suspect was one piece heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet containing white crystalline substance, a suspected to be shabu worth P500.
Confiscated and recovered from the suspect’s possession were three pieces heat-sealed transparent plastic sachets containing shabu with an estimated total market value of P1500 placed on an empty box of a cigarette and one piece P500 bill used as a buy-bust money.
The suspect will be facing charges for violation of section 5 (sale of dangerous drugs) and section 11 (possession of dangerous drugs), Article II of RA 9165 and is now temporarily detained at Tacloban City Police Station custodial facility.
(RICA NIÑA FABILLAR, MA. ESTERLITA HERMANO, CHRISTINE CARDONA, LY-ANN LANIGAO, EVSU-Interns)
