GOVERNMENT CENTER, PALO, Leyte-Anti-drug elements of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, together with the Eastern Samar Police Provincial Office and Provincial Anti-Drug Enforcement Unit, arrested a minor during the conduct of a buy-bust operation in Barangay Bato, Borongan City on August 17, 2018 at around 12:30 noon.
Purchased and confiscated during the said operation was one piece of a heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet containing suspected dried marijuana weighing 0.5 gram with an estimated market value of P60.
The suspect was charged for violation of Section 5 (sale of dangerous drugs), Article II of RA 9165 and is now at the custody of DSWD Borongan City. (PR)