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American, 5 Filipinos nabbed in Olongapo drug buy-bust

/ 08:01 PM May 25, 2017

American and 5 Filipinos in Olongapo drug buy-bust - 25 May 2017

Six drug suspects, one of them an American, were arrested in Olongapo City during a buy-bust operation on Thursday, May 25, 2017. (Contributed photo)

OLONGAPO CITY — A 26-year-old American and five Filipino were arrested during a police buy-bust drug operation on Thursday (May 25).

Henry Brodie and two of his Filipino companions were caught selling suspected shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) to a police undercover agent in Barangay Barretto, according to Senior Supt. Melchor Cabalza III, acting chief of the Olongapo City Police Office.

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Three more suspects were arrested after they were caught sniffing shabu inside an alleged drug den in the same village, police said.

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Seized from the suspects were six sachets containing alleged shabu, various drug paraphernalia, and the marked money used for the transaction.

The suspects are facing charges of violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Act of 2002. —Allan Macatuno /atm

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