646K ‘shabu’ seized in Lapuz drug bust

Drug suspect John Angelo Eduardo was arrested during a buy-bust operation in Zone 3, Barangay Bo. Obrero, Lapuz, Iloilo City on Monday night, Oct. 10. ILONGGO NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
Drug suspect John Angelo Eduardo was arrested during a buy-bust operation in Zone 3, Barangay Bo. Obrero, Lapuz, Iloilo City on Monday night, Oct. 10. ILONGGO NEWS SERVICE PHOTO

BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS

ILOILO City – Nineteen plastic sachets of suspected shabu valued at around P646,000 were confiscated from a 22-year-old man in Zone 3, Barangay Bo. Obrero, Lapuz district around 9:10 p.m. on Oct. 10.

Suspect John Angelo Eduardo alias “John John Ati”, a resident of the above-mentioned barangay, was arrested by joint elements of the Regional Drug Enforcement Unit 6 (RDEU-6) and the Station Drug Enforcement Team of La Paz police station after he sold a sachet of suspected shabu to an undercover officer in exchange for P15,000.

The suspect was detained at the La Paz police station.

He faces charges for violation of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002./PN

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