ORMOC CITY– A sachet containing a white crystalline substance suspected to be shabu was recovered by the Station Drug Enforcement Team (SDET) of the local police from a farmer during a buy-bust in Biliran, Biliran.
Police identified the arrested suspect as alias “Jay”, 32, and a resident of Barangay Pinangumhan where the sting operation took place at about 5:27 pm.
Recovered from the possession of the suspect was one sachet containing a white crystalline substance suspected to be shabu procured by an operative in the amount of P1,000.
Charges of violation of Section 5 (selling illegal drugs) of Article II of RA 9165, the Comprehensive Law against Illegal Drugs of 2002, were filed against the suspect who is temporarily detained at the locked-up cell of the local police. (ROBERT DEJON)
