HVI YIELDS P374,000 SHABU IN PAMPANGA ENTRAPMENT

BY KEVIN GALANG

CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Anti-illegal drugs operatives arrested a suspected “high-value individual” (HVI) and seized some P374,000 worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation in Magalang, Pampanga. 

A report to Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) director Brig. Gen. Jess Mendez by Pampanga police director Col. Ricardo M. David identified the suspect as alias “Butchog,” 34.

The suspect was arrested at San Isidro Resettlement in Bgy. San Isidro in Magalang.

Seized were around 55 grams of suspected shabu with an estimated standard drug price of P374,000.

Authorities also identified another suspected HVI, an alias “Boss,” as the target of the operation. 

However, “Boss” managed to evade arrest and remains at-large.

According to David, the sting was led by the Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit of the Pampanga Police Provincial Office, with support from its Provincial Intelligence Unit, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Region 3’s Pampanga Provincial Office, and the Magalang Municipal Police Station.

The arrested suspect was brought to the PDEU office of Pampanga and will be charged for violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.