ANGELES CITY — A Nigerian national identified as a high-value individual in the police drug watchlist yielded P5.9-million worth of suspected ecstasy tablets after getting arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Balibago here on Oct. 16.
Police operatives with Police Station 4 as lead unit with the city police’s intelligence and drug enforcement units, and the regional police special operations group, drug enforcement and intelligence units conducted the buy-bust operation along 1st Street, Barangay Balibago that led to the arrest of the 46-year-old Nigerian and the confiscation of 3,510 pieces of the suspected party drug with standard drug price of P5,967,000, along with one pre-marked genuine P1,000 bill and nine pieces of boodle money.
Both the arrested suspect and the confiscated evidence taken into police custody for proper documentation and the filing of appropriate charges for violations of RA 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002).
Angeles City Police Office director Col. Robert C. Domingo commended the operating units that effected the arrest, adding that the accomplishment highlighted ACPO’s continued efforts to suppress the illegal drug trade through intelligence-driven operations and strengthened coordination among law enforcement units. ACPO/Punto News Team