P68,000 suspected shabu seized in Oriental Mindoro buy-bust

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — Police seized about 10 grams of suspected shabu worth an estimated P68,000 during a buy-bust operation in Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro, on Wednesday night (July 15).

The Region IV-B police office, overseeing the provinces of Occidental and Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan, said the drug bust was carried out at 9:33 p.m. in Purok 3, Barangay Aninuanan.

An undercover police officer purchased a heat-sealed plastic sachet containing a white crystalline substance suspected to be shabu from the suspect. A second sachet containing the same suspected illegal drug was recovered during the suspect’s arrest.

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The confiscated substances had a combined weight of about 10 grams with an estimated standard drug price of P68,000, police said.

The seized items will be submitted to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Regional Forensic Laboratory for qualitative and quantitative examination.

The suspect, whose identity was withheld pending the filing of charges, is under police custody and will face charges for alleged violation of Republic Act No. 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

The operation was undertaken by personnel of the Puerto Galera Municipal Police Station, in coordination with the 404th Maneuver Company of the Regional Mobile Force Battalion, the Regional Maritime Unit in Mimaropa, the Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit, and the PDEA.

“Every successful anti-drug operation is a victory for every family we protect and every community we keep safe. Illegal drugs have no place in Mimaropa, and we will continue working closely with the PDEA and our partner agencies to stop them before they reach our streets,” said Mimaropa police director Brig. Gen. Christopher dela Cruz in a statement. /das

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