TACLOBAN
CITY, March 12 (PNA) - A Php 1 million worth of shabu was seized from a 25-year
old fish vendor here in the city on Friday, according to the Philippine Drug
Enforcement Agency (PDEA).
In a joint
buy-bust operation, PDEA and police operatives from Leyte province nabbed
Vicente Quisay, single with live-in partner, a resident of Siren District.
Authorities
said that the suspect sold one sachet of suspected shabu and was found in his
possession 37 pieces heat-sealed transparent plastic sachets containing white
crystalline substance suspected to be shabu.
The drugs
which weighed about 169 grams and with an estimated market value of Php 1
million, were then brought to the PDEA regional laboratory for analysis
According to
PDEA, Quisay is now being charged for violation of Section 5 (Sale of Dangerous
Drugs) and Section 11 (Possession of Dangerous Drugs), Article II of Republic
Act 9165 or The Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs of 2002.
The suspect
is temporarily detained at PDEA regional detention facility, PDEA said. (PNA)
RMA/SQM/RONALD O. REYES
RMA/SQM/RONALD O. REYES
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