BY MA. THERESA LADIAO
ILOILO City – Around P340,000 worth of suspected shabu was confiscated from a 27-year-old drug suspect in a buy-bust operation in Zone 2, Barangay Bakhaw, Mandurriao district.
The Iloilo City Police Office’s City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU) identified the suspect as alias “Soksok,” tagged as a high-value target.
Captain Ryan Christ Inot, CDEU head, said the suspect was caught on Monday, January 13. Recovered from him were approximately 50 grams of suspected shabu.
Inot said the said operation followed a two-week surveillance based on reports of suspicious activity around the suspect’s residence.
Soksok, a known repeat offender, had a prior case under Republic Act (RA) 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, dating back to 2018.
Authorities believed he had been receiving regular supplies of illegal drugs delivered by a motorcycle.
The suspect was detained at the Mandurriao police station. He is facing charges related to the illegal sale and possession of drugs./PN
