ILOILO City – Police have arrested a 47-year-old suspected drug dealer.
Rogel Fernandez was caught in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Cansilayan, Pototan, Iloilo, a police report showed.
The resident of Barangay Nanga, Pototan sold a sachet of suspected shabu to an undercover officer for P1,000, stated the police report.
Police staged the operation at 8 a.m. Tuesday.
Fernandez was detained at the Pototan police station.
Officers identified Fernandez as a “newly identified drug personality.”
The suspect faces a charge for violation of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002./PN