ORMOC CITY– A newly identified drug personality landed in jail following a successful buy-bust operation conducted by the Station Drug Enforcement Team (SDET) of the Carigara Municipal Police Station on Tuesday night, April 8.
Police Major Reymund Quinagutan, Carigara chief of police, identified the suspect as alias “Zander,” 47, a laborer and resident of Barangay Baybay of said town.
The operation was carried out around 9:26 pm along the seawall in Barangay Baybay. Undercover operatives were able to purchase a sachet of suspected shabu worth P500 from the suspect. During a subsequent body search, conducted in the presence of mandatory witnesses, police recovered a cigarette pack marked “Chesterfield” from the suspect’s pocket.
Inside the pack were six additional sachets containing a white crystalline substance, also suspected to be shabu, along with the P500 buy-bust money.
Authorities estimated the total weight of the confiscated illegal drugs to be 0.70 grams, with a street value of approximately P4,760, based on Dangerous Drugs Board valuation.
The suspect was informed of the nature of his arrest and his constitutional rights through the Miranda Doctrine, delivered in a language he fully understood.
The Carigara police have filed charges for violation of Sections 5 (selling) and 11 (possession) of Article II of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. The suspect is now detained at the Carigara Municipal Police Station.
(ROBERT DEJON)
