Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency talk to the suspects arrested on Sept. 13 in Mabalacat City. (Photo courtesy of PDEA-Central Luzon)
MABALACAT CITY, Pampanga — Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) allegedly seized some P103,500 worth of “shabu” (crystal meth) from four men arrested Tuesday in a buy-bust operation in Poblacion village in this city.
In a statement on Wednesday, the PDEA-Central Luzon identified the apprehended suspects as Edward Concepcion, 30; John Liangcungco, 37; Edwardo Concepcion, 54; and Arnold Baron, 60, all of this city.
The four men were arrested inside a makeshift drug den in Poblacion.
PDEA agents confiscated from the suspects seven sachets with 15 grams of shabu and assorted drug paraphernalia.
They also recovered the marked peso bills used in the sting operation.
The four men will be charged with violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. INQ
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