ORMOC CITY— A laborer listed as a street-level individual in the local police’s drug watchlist was arrested during a buy-bust operation conducted by the Station Drug Enforcement Team at around 6:35 p.m. on Thursday, December 18, in Barangay San Roque, Tolosa, Leyte.
Police identified the suspect as alias “Loloy,” 27, who has a live-in partner and is a resident of Barangay San Roque.
Recovered from the suspect during the operation was one sachet containing a white crystalline substance suspected to be shabu, which was allegedly sold to an undercover operative for P500.
A subsequent body search, conducted in the presence of law-mandated witnesses, yielded a black-and-gray coin purse containing two more sachets of suspected shabu and one genuine P500 bill used as marked money for the operation.
The total weight of the confiscated suspected shabu has yet to be determined by the Regional Forensic Unit 8.
Police said the suspect was informed of the nature of his arrest and apprised of his constitutional rights in a language he fully understood.
Charges for violations of Republic Act No. 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, have been filed before the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office. The suspect is currently detained at the lock-up cell of the Tolosa Municipal Police Station.
(ROBERT DEJON)
