DRUG PEDDLER FROM QC BUSTED IN BATAAN

BY KEVIN GALANG

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – Operatives on Saturday night arrested a newly-identified “high-value” drug peddler and seized some 220.2 grams of suspected shabu worth P1.49 million in a buy-bust operation in Bgy. Tenejero, this city.

In a report to Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) director Brig. Gen. Jess Mendez,  Balanga City police chief Lt. Col. Beverlie V. Allapitan identified the suspect as alias “Kwen,”  38,  of Bgy. Lourdes, Quezon City.

Allapitan said  operatives of the station’s Drug Enforcement Unit arrested the suspect  during an anti-illegal drugs operation.

Confiscated were three knot-tied plastic sachets containing shabu weighing 220.2 grams valued at P1,497,360.

Also seized were a black sling bag, an iPhone cellular phone, and the buy-bust money.

The suspect was brought to the Balanga City Police Station and  will be charged with violation of  Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.