CITY OF CALAPAN — Three men, including a village councilor, were arrested Wednesday evening by police and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency 4B during a buy-bust operation in Abra de Ilog town, Occidental Mindoro province.
The Mimaropa police regional office said Dave Francis Varona, 43, a village councilor; Adrian Belicario, 36; and Joy Tapar, 33, all residents of Pasay City, were apprehended after selling a sachet of alleged “shabu” (crystal meth) worth P4,000 to a poseur buyer in Barangay Armado.
Also confiscated from them were nine more sachets of suspected shabu weighing about five grams valued at P40,000.
The suspects were placed in police custody and will face charges of violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Act of 2002. INQ
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