Daily Tribune (Philippines)

Separate sting ops nab four

The four are now facing charges of violation of RA 9165 or the Comprehens­ive Dangerous Drug Act of 2002.

- CHERK BALAGTAS

Four suspected illegal drug pushers were arrested by authoritie­s in separate buy-bust operations in Navotas City.

Navotas police chief Col. Dexter Ollaging disclosed that operatives from the Station Drug Enforcemen­t Unit led by PLt. Luis Rofu Jr. conducted an operation at Barangay Daanghari which resulted in the arrest of the suspects identified as Ricky Blancaflor and Ernesto De la Cruz.

Seized from the suspects were six heat-sealed transparen­t plastic sachets containing approximat­ely 6.5 of suspected shabu with a standard drug price of P44,200 and P300 buy bust money.

On early Friday, the other SDEU team nabbed two suspects identified as Angelito Hidalgo and Nover Calayag who were both listed as drug pushers.

Confiscate­d from the two were five heat-sealed transparen­t plastic sachets containing about theee grams of suspected shabu with a street value of P20,400 and the P300 buy-bust money.

The four are now facing charges of violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehens­ive Dangerous Drug Act of 2002.

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