Cagayan de Oro drug sting yields P408,000 worth of ‘shabu’

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Anti-narcotics operatives seized P408,000 worth of suspected shabu and arrested a 27-year-old “high-value individual” during a pre-dawn buy-bust operation in Barangay Nazareth here, the Police Regional Office-10 (PRO-10) said.

In a press advisory, PRO-10 identified the suspect only by the alias “Mego,” a resident of Pinikitan in Barangay Camaman-an, this city.

Authorities confiscated approximately 60 grams of suspected shabu from the suspect during the sting operation at the Rotonda area in Barangay Nazareth at 1:26 a.m. on Tuesday.

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According to the PRO-10 advisory, the Regional Police Drug Enforcement Unit (RPDEU) Team 2 led the operation alongside personnel from the Cagayan de Oro City Police Office Station 9 and other police units, in coordination with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA-10).

The suspect is currently detained at the Maharlika Custodial Facility, while the confiscated suspected illegal drugs will be submitted to the Regional Forensic Unit-10 for laboratory examination.

Following the arrest, PRO-10 Regional Director Brig. Gen. Nestor Babagay Jr. assured the public that police will continue to intensify intelligence-driven operations against illegal drugs and urged citizens to cooperate with authorities./coa