TACLOBAN CITY — Police operatives in Leyte arrested two suspected drug personalities in separate buy-bust operations conducted within 24 hours in the municipalities of Isabel and Palompon, the Leyte Police Provincial Office (LPPO) reported.
Under the leadership of Provincial Director P/ Col.Dionisio DC Apas Jr., LPPO sustained its intensified anti-drug campaign with two successful operations carried out on November 9, 2025.
In the first operation, Isabel Municipal Police Station arrested a suspect identified as alias “Troy,” 36, a habal-habal driver and resident of Barangay Monte Alegre, Isabel. The suspect, listed as a street-level individual (SLI), was apprehended after selling a sachet of suspected shabu to a police poseur-buyer. Seized from him were 10 sachets of suspected shabu, buy-bust money, a plastic container, and a motorcycle used in the transaction.
Later that afternoon, the Palompon Municipal Police Station conducted another buy-bust operation in Sitio Malasugi, Barangay Mazawalo, Palompon, which led to the arrest of alias “Odo,” 35, a resident of the area. The suspect, also identified as an SLI, was caught selling suspected shabu to an undercover agent. Confiscated from him were four sachets of suspected shabu, buy-bust money, and a plastic container.
Both operations were conducted in coordination with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). Documentation and inventory of the seized items were witnessed by barangay officials and media representatives.
The suspects are currently detained at their respective police stations and will face charges for violating Sections 5 and 11, Article I.
(LIZBETH ANN A. ABELLA)
