ORMOC CITY– A tricycle driver who is listed as a high-value individual on the drug watchlist of the local police yielded 11 sachets containing a white crystalline substance suspected to be shabu during the conduct of a buy-bust operation on Saturday(June 8) in Calbayog City.
Police identified the suspect as alias “Lando” 31, single, and a resident of Barangay Carmen where the sting operation took place at about 9:09 pm.
Police recovered from the position of the suspect one sachet containing a white crystalline substance suspected to be shabu procured by an operative in the amount of P1,000.
During the conduct of a body search done in the presence of an elected official, the searching cops recovered 10 more sachets containing suspected shabu with an estimated street value of P10,000.
The suspect was brought to the lock-up cell of the Calbayog city police office and was charged for selling and possession of illegal drugs.
(ROBERT DEJON)
