Seven “bags” or large packs and ten sachets of suspected shabu with estimated street value of P1 million, various drugs paraphernalia and the marked money were recovered in the operation, said Supt. Ponciano Zafra, chief of the Cabanatuan City police station.
Zafra said the sting operation was originally set by combined station drug enforcement and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency against alleged big time peddler Nemencious Galang, 48, of the said village.
But upon Galang’s arrest, the operatives caught seven other people mostly the suspect’s relatives allegedly in the act of repacking the illegal drugs right in his place, Zafra said.
Zafra identified the other suspects as Leoncio Ancheta, 48; Josephine Galang,48; Marvin Palolan, 29; John Renden Ancheta, 19; Joshua Gabriel Ancheta, 19; one alias Joey, 17, all of Barangay Zulueta here; and Elena Valdez, 24, of Barangay San Roque Norte, also of this city.
Zafra noted that the operation was not only peaceful, having no armed encounter, but also turned out to be a big time operation.
He said such volume of drugs, weighing more than 300 grams, could have been used by people who would be in the streets, swimming pools, beaches or any other public places putting other people in danger in the remaining period of holiday season.
