Drug peddler captured in buy-bust ops yields P374K worth of shabu
(Photo by Jing Villamente)
A drug peddler was nabbed in a buy-bust operation in Quezon City on Thursday.
Quezon City Police District District Drug Enforcement Unit (DDEU) Officer-in-Charge P/Maj. Wennie Cale identified the suspect as Emilio Tayao, 25 years old, a resident of Brgy. Bagong Pagasa, Quezon City.
Cale said the DDEU operatives, in coordination with PDEA-RO-NCR, conducted a buy-bust operation at 12:30 a.m. on 19 October 2023 in front of No. 125 Warayan St., Sitio San Roque, Brgy. Bagong Pagasa, Quezon City, after a concerned citizen reported the illegal drug activity of the suspect.
A police officer acted as a poseur buyer bought P20,000 worth of shabu from the suspect, and at the given pre-arranged signal, he was arrested.
Confiscated from the suspect were 55 grams of shabu valued at P374,000, a coin purse, a cellular phone, an identification card, and the buy-bust money.
The suspect was charged with violation of Republic Act No. 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
"Binabati ko ang DDEU operatives sa pangunguna ni P/Maj. Wennie Ann Cale, chief, DDEU, sa kanilang patuloy na operasyon laban sa iligal na droga. Ang puspusang mga operasyon ng ating mga kapulisan para mapuksa ang iligal na droga ay bunsod ng hangaring gawing ligtas at payapa ang lungsod Quezon," QCPD director, P/Brig.Gen. Redrico Maranan said in commending his operatives.