ORMOC CITY– A 33-year-old man recently added to the local drug watchlist was arrested during a buy-bust operation on June 4, in Sitio Calero, Barangay Casilda, Merida, Leyte.
The suspect, known by the alias “Pipo,” is unemployed and lives with his common-law wife in the same barangay.
An undercover police operative purchased one sachet of suspected shabu from the suspect for P500. During a body search witnessed by barangay officials, authorities recovered a coin purse containing three more sachets of suspected shabu, along with the marked P500 bill used in the operation.
The suspect was informed of his arrest and apprised of his constitutional rights in a language he understood.
He is currently detained at the Merida Municipal Police Station, with charges being prepared for violations of Sections 5 and 11 of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
(ROBERT DEJON)
