ORMOC CITY-A high-value individual listed on the Philippine National Police(PNP-PRO-8) drug watch list and ranked No. 1 in the regional priority target list was apprehended by joint forces led by the Regional Drug Enforcement Unit (RDEU) 8 during a buy-bust operation at approximately 10:24 pm on Wednesday, August 7, in Barangay Pawing, Palo, Leyte.
The arrested suspect was identified as alias “Ton,” 34, jobless, with a common-law wife, and a resident of said village.
Recovered from his possession was one sachet containing a white crystalline substance suspected to be shabu, purchased by an operative for P20,000.
During a body search conducted in the presence of law-mandated witnesses, agents found 15 additional sachets of the same white crystalline substance, also suspected to be shabu, inside a sling bag worn by the suspect.
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, have been filed against the suspect at the City Prosecutor’s Office. The suspect is currently detained in a locked-up cell at Palo municipal police station. (ROBERT DEJON)
