ILOILO City – A suspected drug pusher was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Jibao-an, Pavia, Iloilo.
He was Eduardo Perecho, 52, a resident of the said village, a police report showed.
Recovered from his possession were five sachets of suspected shabu valued at around P25,000 , marked money which amounted to P4,000 and drug paraphernalia.
The Pavia police staged the entrapment operation that led to Perecho’s apprehension around 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 5.
Perecho was taken to the municipal police station where he was detained. Charges for violation of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 will be filed against him./PN