P40T ‘shabu’ seized in Molo district

Illegal drug pushing suspect Joel Catilo sits after his arrest in Barangay Boulevard, Molo, Iloilo City.

ILOILO City – Suspected shabu worth an estimated P40,000 was seized from a resident of Barangay Boulevard, Molo district.

Joel Catilo was arrested in a buy-bust operation in their barangay, a police report showed.

Police said Catilo sold a plastic pack of the substance to undercover officers for P5,200 at around 9:30 p.m. on Saturday.

Seven sachets of the same substance, drug paraphernalia and P3,000 cash were further seized from him.

Eight plastic packs of suspected shabu, among others, were seized from him during a buy-bust operation, police say. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Officers from La Paz police station and the Regional Drug Enforcement Unit of the Police Regional Office 6 staged the buy-bust.

Catilo was detained at the La Paz police station. (Ruby Silubrico and Ian Paul Cordero/PN)

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