BALANGA CITY – A buy-bust operation conducted by the Balanga City Police Station on Sept. 30 resulted in the arrest of a 33-year-old high- value individual and the confiscation of shabu with standard drug price of P1,632,000.
Bataan police director Col. Marites Salvadora said the suspect from Orani, Bataan was apprehended after selling shabu and the confiscation of two knot-tied plastic sachet of shabu weighing 240 grams in Barangay Tuyo in this city.
Operatives of the Station Drug Enforcement Unit of the Balanga City PS conducted the operation.
The suspect is now under the custody of Balanga City Police Station, while appropriate charges for violation of RA 9165 will be filed against him.
“This operation is in line with the intensified anti-illegal drug campaign of the PNP under the directive of the acting chief PNP Lt. Gen. Jose Nartaez, Jr., with the full support of the PRO-3 director, BGen. Ponce Rogelio Penones, Jr.,” Salvadora said.
The provincial director lauded the successful operation as a testament, she said, to the strong collaboration between the local police and the community in our unified pursuit of a safe, drug-free, and crime-free province. Photo: PNP-Balanga
