SEIZED. Anti-illegal drug operatives seize some PHP1 million worth of suspected shabu during a buy-bust Tuesday night (Nov. 12, 2019) in Dumaguete City. The suspect, Regi Calugcugan, is a probationer who is tagged by authorities as a "high-value target" at the provincial level. (Photo by Juancho Gallarde)
DUMAGUETE CITY – Anti-illegal drug operatives arrested a probationer during a buy-bust Tuesday night in Barangay Batinguel here and seized from him more than PHP1 million worth of suspected shabu.
The Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office (NOPPO) identified the suspect as Regi Calugcugan alias "Black Knight", of Barangay East Balabag in nearby Valencia town.
Calugcugan is tagged as a “high-value target” at the provincial level in the government’s anti-illegal drugs campaign, according to a NOPPO report.
The suspect was arrested around 9:24 p.m. in Purok 7 of the said village after he allegedly sold suspected shabu to an undercover operative.
Confiscated from him were a piece of heat-sealed plastic sachet with suspected shabu, a marked PHP1,000 bill used in the buy-bust, 10 other plastic sachets of various sizes containing suspected shabu, a blue sling bag, a digital weighing scale, improvised sealer, plastic canister, PHP1,200 cash, and a Mitsubishi Lancer sedan (GGW 926).
The total weight of the confiscated suspected shabu was more or less 150 grams with a Dangerous Drugs Board value of PHP1.020 million.
Calugcugan is a probationer who availed of a plea bargain in March, this year.
Operatives from the Provincial Intelligence Group-Special Operations Group of the NOPPO, the Dumaguete City Police Station, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Negros Oriental, and the Highway Patrol Group-Negros Oriental nabbed the suspect during the buy bust.
Charges for violation of Sec. 5 and Sec. 11 of Art. II of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 are being readied against the suspect who is now under the custody of the city police. (PNA)
