Man nabbed in Occidental Mindoro buy-bust

CITY OF CALAPAN — Police and personnel from the Philippine Drugs Enforcement Agency arrested a high valued individual in a buy-bust operation Saturday night in San Jose town in Occidental Mindoro province, according to a report from Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan) police.

Kent Bryan Bermudo, 24, was arrested at around 6:09 p.m. in Barangay (village) Pag-Asa after selling to a poseur buyer a sachet of suspected shabu (crystal meth) weighing about 0.24 grams and valued at P1,000.

Also seized from the suspect were eight sachets of suspected shabu weighing about 1.69 grams and valued at P8,000 and a sachet of suspected marijuana leaves weighing about 1.08 grams and valued at P500.

Suspect is under police custody and will be facing charges for violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

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