A 53-year-old man was arrested after police seized about P156,400 worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental, on Wednesday afternoon, May 13.
Police identified the suspect as alias “Undo,” a resident of Cadiz City.
The operation was conducted by operatives of the Cadiz City Police Station Drug Enforcement Team at around 4:40 p.m. in Hacienda Marie, Brgy. Caduha-an.
Police said the suspect was arrested after he allegedly handed over one heat-sealed sachet of suspected shabu to a poseur-buyer in exchange for marked money.
Authorities said the confiscated suspected shabu weighed about 23 grams.
The seized drug items were brought to the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office Forensic Unit in Bacolod City for laboratory examination.
The suspect and the recovered non-drug items are under the custody of Cadiz City Police Station for proper disposition.
The police are preparing charges for violation of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.*
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