ILOILO – Police arrested a high-value target and his companion who allegedly yielded P476,000 worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Zarrague, Pototan town on Thursday morning, October 3.
The suspects were identified as aliases “King”, 48, and “Kerker”, 23, both residents of the said town.
Joint operatives of the Pototan Municipal Police Station (MPS), Iloilo Police Provincial Office’s Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit Team 2 and Regional Mobile Force Battalion 6 seized approximately 70 grams of suspected shabu.
Also recovered were caliber .22 revolver with five live rounds of ammunition and non-drug-related items.
The suspects were detained at the custodial facility of the Pototan MPS, facing charges for violation of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002./PN
