IBA, Zambales — A drug watch-listed suspect yielded P137,000-worth of shabu during a search warrant operation conducted by the police Monday morning.
Zambales police director Col. Romano Velayo Cardiño identified the suspect as James Bactad y Millares, aka “Egan,” 51, drug watch-listed as member of the Buela Criminal Group, of Purok 2, Barangay La Paz, San Narciso, Zambales.
Lt. Kathryn Joy Miranda, acting chief of police of San Narciso, said joint personnel of the town police, provincial drug enforcement unit, and 305th Regional Mobile Force Battalion 3 implemented Search Warrant No. RTC-52-2021-I, under PDEA coordination control number 10004-112021-0440 at the residence of suspect. Zambales.
Seized from the suspect were 33 heat sealed transparent sachets of suspected shabu weighing 19.6 grams with an estimated value of P137,200, one bundle of medium size empty plastic sachets, one digital weighing scale, and one cream pouch.
The suspect is now locked up at the San Narciso MPS jail facing charges for violation of Section 11 (Possession of Dangerous Drugs) of Article II of RA 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002).
