BALANGA City: The Bataan Police Provincial Office reported the arrest of two drug peddlers and the confiscation of 10 grams shabu with standard drug price of P68,000 during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Almacen in Hermosa, Bataan Thursday.
Bataan police director Col. Marites Salvadora said operatives of the Hermosa municipal police station headed by police chief Major Winston Norte in coordination with the PDEA Regional Office 3 conducted the operation.
Suspects and the confiscated pieces of evidence are now under the custody of Hermosa MPS for proper documentation and disposition while complaints for violation of Section 5 and 11 of Article II of RA 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 are being filed against the suspects.
“The Bataan PNP remains steadfast in combatting illegal drugs, in line with the directives of PBGen. Ponce Rogelio Penones, Jr., Regional Director of Police Regional Office 3, and under the strong leadership of PLt Gen. Jose Nartatez, Jr., Acting Chief PNP, as it continues to uphold the rule of law and protect the people across Bataan,” Salvadora said.
