ORMOC CITY-A drug personality listed in the Regional Target List was apprehended by joint forces led by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) during a buy-bust operation at approximately 11 pm on Thursday, August 8, in Barangay 3, Balangiga, Eastern Samar.
PDEA 8 Regional Director Atty. Jacqueline De Guzman identified the suspect as alias “Tope,” of legal age, married, unemployed, and a resident of the same barangay.
Recovered from the suspect’s possession was one sachet containing a white crystalline substance suspected to be shabu, purchased by an agent for P500.
During a body search conducted in the presence of law-mandated witnesses, agents discovered an envelope containing eight additional sachets of white crystalline substances, also suspected to be shabu, with an estimated total weight of 0.75 grams and a market value of approximately P8,000.
Charges for violating sections 5 (selling illegal drugs) and 11 (possession of illegal drugs) of Article II of RA 9165, the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, were filed against the suspect who is now detained in the locked-up cell of the Balangiga municipal police station.
(ROBERT DEJON)
