OLONGAPO CITY – Close to half a million pesos worth of shabu was confiscated by operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the city police in a buy bust operation in Barangay New Cabalan in this city.
City Director, Col. Benjamin Sembrano, identified the suspects as Marlow Estrella y Batulan, 39, presently residing at Purok 3, Santol Street, New Cabalan and Erma Barazar y Amir, 33, and a resident of Purok A Mactan, Barangay Old Cabalan both in this city.
The suspects were nabbed by the operatives headed by Police Lt. George Francis B. Molina after selling shabu worth P4,500 to a police poseur-buyer.
Recovered from suspects’ possession were another 14 pieces of heat sealed transparent plastic sachets with a medium size transparent plastic all containing suspected shabu having a total combined weight of 175 grams with an estimated street value of P500, 000 and mark money amounting to P4,500.
Both suspects were placed behind bars at the Police Station 1 detention cell.
