Butuan City drug bust yields P2.7M shabu; 3 arrested
BUSTED. Three high-value targets were arrested in a buy-bust Saturday in Purok 4, Barangay Holy Redeemer, Butuan City. Operatives from the Butuan City Police Office seized about 400 grams of shabu worth P2.7 million. (Photo courtesy of BCPO)
BUTUAN CITY — Authorities seized 400 grams of shabu valued at P2.7 million in a buy-bust on Saturday afternoon in Purok 4, Barangay Holy Redeemer in this city.
The Butuan City Police Office (BCPO) identified the arrested suspects as alias Sanse, 31, from Marawi City; alias Ram, 41, a security guard from this city; and alias Letty, 40, from Occidental Mindoro.
The police said the three suspects were on the list of high-value targets in the illegal drug trade.
Seized from the suspects were various-sized plastic sachets containing suspected shabu.
“This arrest reaffirms our commitment to combat illegal drugs,” BCPO chief Col. Rommel Villamor said in a press release.
The suspects are in police custody facing drug charges, while the confiscated shabu were sent for forensic examination.
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