ILOILO City – Police operatives confiscated approximately 578,000 worth of illegal drugs and arrested a 54-year-old man in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Rizal, La Paz district.
The suspect identified as alias “Peter,” a resident of the district, yielded a total of seven heat-sealed transparent plastic sachets containing suspected shabu weighing around 85 grams, buy-bust money, and non-drug-related items.
The operation was executed on Monday night, February 2, by the Iloilo City Police Office’s (ICPO) City Drug Enforcement Unit, in collaboration with the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team, the Regional Intelligence Unit 6, and the Iloilo City Police Station 2 – Station Drug Enforcement Team.
The suspect was detained at Iloilo City Police Station 2, facing charges under Sections 5 and 11 of Republic Act 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002)./PN
