ILOILO City – A drug suspect was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Jibao-an, Pavia, Iloilo.
Police identified him as 35-year-old Oswald Carl Shariff Escudero of Barangay Balabag, Pavia.
An undercover officer initially bought from Escudero a sachet of suspected shabu, a police report showed.
Three more sachets of suspected illegal drugs valued at around P250,000 were recovered during Escudero’s arrest around 1 a.m. on Aug. 30, it added.
Aug. 30. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN
Detained in the lockup cell of the Pavia police station, the suspect faces charged for violation of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002./PN
