TACLOBAN CITY – A high-value drug personality ranked No. 3 in the regional priority target list was arrested during a buy-bust operation conducted by the Station Drug Enforcement Team (SDET) of Police Station 1 of the Tacloban City Police Office (TCPO) on Wednesday night, June 11, in Barangay 6-A.
The suspect, identified only by the alias “Roy,” 45, single, a tricycle driver, and a resident of the said barangay, was apprehended around 10:10 pm.
Confiscated from his possession was one sachet of suspected shabu, purchased by an undercover operative for P500. A subsequent body search, conducted in the presence of mandatory witnesses, yielded four more sachets of suspected shabu.
While the suspect declined to issue a statement to the media, he did not deny ownership of the recovered illegal drugs.
Authorities said the suspect was informed of the nature of his arrest and apprised of his constitutional rights in a language he understood.
Charges for violations of Sections 5 (sale of illegal drugs) and 11 (possession of illegal drugs) under Article II of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, have been filed against him. He is currently detained at the Police Station 1 lock-up cell.
(ROBERT DEJON)
