Capiz town cops arrest alleged shabu trader; P952,000 in meth seized

ILOILO CITY — Police operatives arrested a high-value individual and seized about 140 grams of suspected illegal drugs valued at P952,000 during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Cogon, Panitan, Capiz, on Tuesday night, Oct. 13.

The suspect was identified by authorities through the alias “Boss,” 30, a resident of Panitan.

According to police reports, the operation was executed around 9:38 p.m. following weeks of continuous intelligence gathering and surveillance targeting key personalities involved in the local illegal drug trade.

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“Boss” was caught in the act of selling a sachet of suspected shabu to an undercover police officer acting as a poseur buyer in exchange for a marked money.

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Upon his arrest, search and recovery procedures yielded seven additional sachets and two plastic bags containing suspected shabu, along with the buy-bust proceeds money, a cellular phone, and two pouches used to transport the contraband.

The joint anti-illegal drug operation was spearheaded by the Regional Police Drug Enforcement Unit 6 (RPDEU 6), in coordination with the Regional Intelligence Division 6 (RID 6), PDEG Special Operations Unit 6, and the Panitan Municipal Police Station.

Police Brig. Gen. Randulf T. Tuaño, Regional Director of Police Regional Office 6 (PRO 6), commended the operatives involved and emphasized that the arrest demonstrates the police force’s intensified campaign to neutralize top illegal drug personalities in Western Visayas. INQ