DRIVER-CUM-DRUG PEDDLER, COHORT BUSTED

BY KEVIN GALANG

ANGELES CITY, Pampanga – Operatives arrested a driver and his cohort tagged as “high-value individuals” in a buy-bust operation in Bgy. Pampang, this city.

In a report to Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) director Brig. Gen. Jess Mendez, arrested were alias “Toni,” 36, a driver, and alias “Bebe,” 23, both residents of Angeles City.

The sting was conducted by operatives of the Regional Police Drug Enforcement Unit 3 headed by Maj. Ivan S. Soriano and Regional Special Operations Group 3 led by Lt. Col. Lory Tarrazona, with support from the City Intelligence Unit, City Drug Enforcement Unit of the Angeles City Police Office, and Police Station 2, in coordination with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Region 3.

Seized were 10 heat-sealed plastic sachets containing suspected shabu weighing approximately 50 grams and valued at P345,000.

Also confiscated were 12 sachets containing around 15 grams of suspected shabu, with an estimated street value of P103,500, the P130,000 in boodle money,  a coin purse, a black digital weighing scale, two cellular phones and a small black plastic bag.

The total estimated weight of the seized suspected illegal drugs was 65 grams worth P448,500.

Cases  for violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 were filed against the arrested suspects.