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BY JEN BAYLON
ILOILO City – Police apprehended a security guard following an antidrug operation in Barangay Sto. Niño Norte, Arevalo.
Suspect Mark Garganera, a 30-year-old resident of Sibunag, Guimaras, temporarily resided in La Paz district.
He handed a plastic sachet of suspected shabu to a police poseur buyer in exchange for P2,000 at 9:50 p.m. on Nov. 8.
Police recovered six more plastic sachets. All weighed around 1.2 grams and valued at P8,160.
Captain Mavin Laraño, officer-in-charge of Arevalo police, said the suspect was allegedly engaging in drug-selling activities in Iloilo City and Antique province.
Garganera, currently detained at the Arevalo Police Station, will face charges for violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002./PN
