A SUSPECT, considered a top six regional-level drug personality, was arrested by authorities at Iwha Village, Dumoy, Davao City, at 10:26 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 18.
The suspect was identified only as alias Bro, 39, single, unemployed, and a resident of Silka Saypon, Crossing Bayabas, Toril.
Davao City Police Office (DCPO) spokesperson Captain Hazel Tuazon confirmed that the suspect is a high-value individual for violating Republic Act 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002).
According to the report, the suspect was apprehended by a police poseur-buyer after a successful purchase of a sachet containing a white crystalline substance, believed to be shabu, in exchange for a P1,000 marked bill inserted in P14,000 in boodle money.
Authorities recovered the following pieces of evidence from the suspect: two sachets of shabu, the buy-bust money, consisting of P1,000 and P14,000 boodle bills, P300 money, a gold-colored HONOR cellular phone, and a black Toyota Vios.
Police estimated the total standard drug price of the recovered drugs at P287,232.
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