MANILA, Philippines — A live-in couple and two drug den visitors were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Bohol, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Regional Office reported on Thursday.
The four suspects were apprehended in Zone 7 Barangay Bool, Tagbilaran City, on February 22.
PDEA said the live-in partners were identified as Alberto Gomez and Evangeline Infanso. The drug den visitors, meanwhile, are Archie Amasura and Junrel Vailoces.
The suspects will be charged for violating Article II of Republic Act No. 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
Eight packs of suspected shabu (crystal meth) weighing around 12 grams with an estimated worth of P81,600, buy-bust money, cash believed from illegal transactions, a cellular phone, and various drug paraphernalia were recovered from the suspects.
The drug evidence has been submitted to the crime lab for chemical analysis. — Mae Anne F. Bilolo, INQUIRER.net intern