CL cops nab 7 drug suspects, over P1.2M shabu seized
CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) Director Brig Gen. Oscar Pasiwen, reported that Central Luzon (CL) cops seized more than P1.2 million worth of illegal drugs and arrested seven drug suspects in two-day anti-illegal drug operations in Pampanga, Bulacan, and Nueva Ecija.
Joint operatives of RPDEU3, SCU3, Floridablanca Police, and PDEA (Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency) RO III conducted a buy-bust in Bgy. Sta Monica, Floridablanca, Pampanga, that resulted in the arrest of three suspects. Seized from them were five plastic sachets and one plastic bag of shabu weighing at least 130 grams, valued at P884,000.
Meanwhile, joint elements of the Marilao Police and SOU3-PDEG conducted a buy-bust Bgy. Ibayo, Marilao, Bulacan, which led to the arrest of drug suspects.
Some seven plastic sachets of shabu worth P176,120 were seized from the suspects.
Two suspected drug “peddlers” were arrested by members of the Cabanatuan Police, PDEA RO3 Nueva Ecija, and PDEG SOU3, in an entrapment operation in Bgy. San Josef Norte, Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija.
Confiscated from the two were seven plastic sachets of shabu valued at P93,636.
A 20-year-old suspect was nabbed by the Malolos Police SDEU, SOU3, PNDDEG, and PDEA PRO3 in Bgy. Pinagbakahan, City of Malolos, Bulacan, and seized were one plastic sachet of shabu and one brick of dried marijuana worth P120,000 together with the marked money.
All the suspects will be charged with violations of RA 9165.
“We will continuously launch operations to account and arrest all persons sought by law to rid our communities of lawless elements,” the PRO3 regional director said.
