BY KEVIN GALANG
TWO tricycle drivers and a construction worker on Monday were arrested while over P400,000 worth of shabu was seized in a drug buy-bust operation in Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija.
In a report to Police Regional Office 3 director Brig. Gen. Jose Hidalgo Jr., the Cabanatuan police identified the arrested suspects as Francis Antonio, 47, a construction worker residing in Bgy. Bantug Norte; Rene Boy Rombawa, 39, a tricycle driver and a resident of Bgy. Lourdes; and Joel Alipio, 38, also a trike driver and a resident of Bgy. Mayapyap Norte.
Joint personnel of the Station Drug Enforcement Unit Cabanatuan City police and the Nueva Ecija Police Provincial Office-Police Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit conducted an entrapment in Purok 2, Bgy. Bantug Norte.
The suspects were nabbed after they handed over some 70 grams of shabu worth P476,000 to a police poseur.
Charges for violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 were filed against the arrested suspects.
FLOOD RESCUE BRINGS RIPPLES OF HOPE MEMBERS BACK TO THANK PRO3 PERSONNEL 
PRO3’S 36-HOUR MANHUNT OPERATIONS HAUL TO JAIL ALL CL’S 10 MOST WANTED FELONS 
PRO3 MEETS AUGUST MANHUNT TARGET WITH 1,215 ARRESTS 
MAN KILLS 3-YEAR-OLD SON IN ILOCOS SUR 
PRO3 MANHUNT OPERATIONS NET 1,082 WANTED PERSONS IN CENTRAL LUZON 
PRO3 ENDS 2-DECADE MANHUNT, ARRESTS MOST WANTED FELON 
COURT ORDERS ARREST OF VP SARA OVER GRAVE THREATS RAPS 
PBBM CONDOLES WITH FAMILIES OF 2 FILIPINO SEAFARERS KILLED IN STRAIT OF HORMUZ