OLONGAPO CITY — A scavenger included in the drug watchlist of the city police was arrested Wednesday in a drug sting set by the drug enforcement unit of Police Station 4 in Barangay New Cabalan here.
PS 4 chief Capt. Walter Primero identified the suspect as Gregorio Panes., Jr. y Baradas, alias Tato, 35, scavenger and resident of Tagumpay Street, Purok 4, Barangay New Cabalan.
Police pounced on Panes in the act of selling a transparent plastic sachet of shabu worth P200 to a police poseur–buyer.
Recovered from him were 16 small pieces of transparent plastic sachets of shabu weighing 2.420 grams with an estimated value of P16,320 and the P200 marked money.
The suspect is now facing charges for violation of RA 9165 before the City Prosecutor’s Office.
