PDEA seizes P325K ‘shabu’ in Pampanga
An anti-narcotics agent inspects the evidence allegedly seized Nov. 22 from a drug suspect during a buy-bust operation in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga province. (Photo from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Region 3)
MABALACAT CITY, Pampanga––Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Region 3 operatives arrested Monday a suspected drug peddler who allegedly yielded P325,000 worth of “shabu” (crystal meth) in the City of San Fernando.
PDEA-3 identified the arrested suspect as Benjamin Domingo, 33, of Las Piñas City in Metro Manila. He reportedly sold shabu to an undercover agent during a buy-bust operation.
PDEA classified the suspect as a “high-value target” in its campaign against illegal drugs.
The operation was conducted around 9:30 p.m. along Consunji Road, San Jose village in Pampanga’s capital city.
Seized from Domingo were a knot-tied plastic bag of suspected shabu weighing 50 grams and the marked peso bills used in the sting operation, PDEA said.
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