By Hilda Austria
During a recent buy-bust operation in Rosales town, a 45-year-old man from Navotas City was apprehended, yielding nearly 500 grams of suspected shabu valued at approximately PHP3.4 million. Identified as ‘Asiong’, the suspect was captured on Saturday in Barangay Carmen East, Rosales, as part of a coordinated effort led by the Ilocos Police Regional Office Drug Enforcement Unit, according to Pangasinan Police Provincial Office information officer Capt. Renan dela Cruz, in an interview on Monday.
The suspect has been under monitoring for a couple of weeks already,” he said, adding the suspect in now under the custody of the Rosales police.
The Ilocos Police Regional Office (PRO-1) said the suspect is considered a high-value target given the amount of illegal drugs he was transacting.
“This accomplishment is in line with our efforts of strengthening the robust quad concept in the execution of police operations particularly on our anti-illegal drug campaign,” PRO-1 director Brig. Gen. Lou Frias Evangelista in a statement. (PNA)
