ROXAS City – Seven plastic packs of suspected shabu were seized from a resident of Barangay Banica in a buy-bust operation.
The 34-year-old Joseph Tan was a “newly identified street-level target” in the antidrug campaign, said Superintendent Dante Tayco, city police chief.
Police placed Tan under surveillance for weeks prior to his arrest.
“Ang iya nga pangalan nag-surface based sa information nga nakuha naton sa mga nagkaladakpan sang naliligad nga mga buy-busts,” Tayco told Panay News.
Officers from the Roxas City police station staged the buy-bust at around 11 p.m. on Nov. 22 in Barangay 8.
The suspected shabu seized from Tan weighed around 6 grams with an estimated street market value of P60,000, said Tayco.
A P1,000 marked money and a motorcycle allegedly used in peddling illegal drugs were further seized from the suspect.
Tan was detained in the Roxas City police station lockup facility.
Charges for violation of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, will be filed against him./PN
