HVI NABBED, P519-K SHABU SEIZED IN BATAAN BUY-BUST

BY KEVIN GALANG

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – Police on Wednesday arrested a  newly-identified high-value individual (HVI) and seized  shabworth P519,520 in a buy-bust operation in Bgy. Cataning, this city.

Arrested was alias “Leno,” 40, a resident of Bgy. Sibacan, Balanga City.

In a report to Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) director Brig. Gen. Jess Mendez, the operation led to the confiscation of eight heat-sealed plastic sachets containing shabu weighing 76.4 grams worth P519,520.

The entrapment was led by the Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) of the Balanga City Police Station, with the Bataan Police Intelligence Unit (PIU) and the Bataan Police Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit (PPDEU), serving as support units.

Seized were one genuine P1,000 bill and four counterfeit P1,000 bills used as buy-bust money.

Also confiscated from the suspect were one Samsung cellular phone, a tricolor Jansport coin pouch and a MATON 125 tricycle.

Mendez said the arrest forms part of the police’ campaign against illegal drugs in Central Luzon.

The arrested suspect was brought to the Balanga City Police Station for documentation and filing of charges.