ROXAS City – A man was arrested in a drug buy-bust operation in Barangay Poblacion, Mambusao, Capiz, a police report showed.
The 27-year-old Edison Moises was caught around 1:30 a.m. on Friday after he sold suspected shabu to an undercover officer, the report added.
Moises – a resident of Barangay Maralag, Mambusao – had been under surveillance for a week before he got arrested.
Recovered from his possession were five plastic sachets of suspected shabu and P1,000 marked money.
Joint elements of the Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit and the Mambusao municipal police station staged the sting operation.
The police also impounded Moises’ Honda TMX 125 motorcycle.
Moises was detained in the lockup cell of the Mambusao municipal police station.
He was facing charges for violation of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002./PN