CASTILLEJOS, Zambales – Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and Zambales Provincial Police Office swooped down on a makeshift drug den in Barangay Del Pilar here on March 18 arresting three suspects and seizing shabu worth P138,000.
Police identified those arrested as the suspected drug den maintainer Albert Farrales y Robles, 31; Laurince Callo y Ponseca, 25,; and Ronnie Crisostomo y Gallardo, 56, all residents of Castillejos.
Recovered from the suspects were five heat-sealed transparent plastic sachets containing more or less 20 grams of shabu amounting to P138,000, assorted drug paraphernalia, and the buy-bust money.
All the suspects are now detained at the detention facility of PDEA-3 facing charges for violation of Republic Act 9165.