ILLEGAL DRUGS. The confiscated pieces of evidence include some PHP2.4 million worth of shabu from a drug suspect arrested in a buy-bust operation in Mabalacat City, Pampanga on Monday (May 16, 2022). Some PHP374,000 worth of shabu was also seized in a separate operation in Sta. Rita town. (Photo courtesy of PRO-3)
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – Two suspected drug peddlers were arrested and some PHP2.4 million worth of shabu was seized in separate anti-illegal drug operations in this province on Monday.
Brig. General Matthew Baccay, regional director of the Police Regional Office-Central Luzon (PRO-3), on Tuesday identified the arrested suspects as Julius Guillermo, 30; and Jean Dantes, 53.
Guillermo was nabbed in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Mawaque Maragul, Mabalacat City that led to the confiscation of six pieces of heat-sealed and two pieces of knot-tied transparent plastic sachets containing shabu weighing 305 grams with an estimated Dangerous Drug Board (DDB) value of PHP2.074 million, one cellular phone, one piece of genuine PHP1,000 bill, 19 pieces of boodle money, and a weighing scale.
Dantes was arrested in an entrapment operation in Barangay Dila-dila, Sta. Rita in this province.
Seized from her were three pieces of heat-sealed transparent plastic sachets containing shabu weighing 55 grams with an estimated DDB street value of PHP374,000, one cellular phone, a PHP1,000 bill, and a weighing scale.
Baccay said appropriate charges for violations of Sections 5 and 11, Article II of Republic Act 9165, otherwise known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Act, are being readied against the suspects for court referral.
“We are continuously conducting proactive operations against all forms of illegal drugs in the region and we will not stop until we achieve our quest of a drug-free Central Luzon,” he said in a statement. (PNA)
