ILOILO City – Police arrested a suspected drug pusher in an entrapment operation in Barangay San Pedro, Molo district.
The 43-year-old Roberto Secaluya – a resident of the village – was arrested after he allegedly sold a sachet of shabu to an undercover officer for P2,200.
Antidrug operatives of the Molo police station staged the sting operation around 12:35 p.m. on Tuesday.
Prior to his arrest, Secaluya was subject for two weeks of surveillance, police said.
Police also tagged him as suspect behind snatching incidents in the city.
Secaluya was detained. Charges for violation of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 will be filed against him./PN