A 28-year-old man was arrested after police seized an estimated P102,000 worth of suspected shabu during a buy-bust operation in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, on Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 30.
Police identified the suspect as alias Jee, a resident of Brgy. Tan-awan, Kabankalan City.
The operation was conducted at around 3:13 p.m. in Purok 6, Brgy. 1 by personnel of the Kabankalan Component City Police Station.
Police said the suspect allegedly sold a sachet of suspected shabu to a poseur buyer during the operation.
Authorities recovered a total of 11 sachets containing suspected shabu with an estimated weight of 15 grams and a standard drug price of P102,000.
Police also recovered P1,105 in cash, including the marked buy-bust money, and other non-drug evidence.
The suspected illegal drugs will be submitted to the Negros Occidental Provincial Forensic Unit for laboratory examination.
The suspect remains in police custody pending the filing of appropriate charges under Republic Act No. 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.*
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