A 38-year-old vendor was arrested and about 51 grams of suspected shabu worth P346,800 were seized during a buy-bust operation in Isabela, Negros Occidental, Wednesday morning, Oct. 21.
Police identified the suspect only as alias “Papang,” a resident of Maharlika Street, Barangay 9.
The operation was conducted at around 10:30 a.m. by the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office-Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit, together with the Isabela Municipal Police Station, Provincial Intelligence Unit and Negros Occidental Maritime Police Station.
Police said the suspect allegedly handed a sachet of suspected shabu to a poseur-buyer in exchange for pre-recorded buy-bust money.
Authorities recovered three heat-sealed sachets and a knot-tied plastic bag containing suspected shabu with an estimated total weight of 51 grams.
The seized drugs had a standard drug price of P346,800, police said.
Also recovered were a genuine P500 bill used as buy-bust money and a black coin purse.
The suspect is under the custody of the Isabela Municipal Police Station.
The suspected drugs were brought to the Negros Occidental Provincial Forensic Unit for laboratory examination.*
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