A 21-year-old drug suspect was arrested during a pre-dawn buy-bust operation in Barangay BF Homes, Parañaque City early Saturday morning, 17 January.

At around 3:05 a.m., operatives of the Station Drug Enforcement Unit of the Parañaque City Police Station conducted the operation along Bayabas Street, Purok 7, Sampaloc Site 2, after receiving verified information regarding the suspect’s alleged involvement in illegal drug activities.

The operation led to the arrest of the suspect, identified only by the alias MJ, a resident of the same barangay.

The suspect, classified as a high-value individual, was apprehended after allegedly selling suspected dangerous drugs to an undercover police operative.

Recovered during the operation were about 70 grams of suspected shabu, consisting of one heat-sealed plastic sachet weighing around five grams as the subject of sale and 13 additional sachets weighing about 65 grams, with an estimated standard drug price of P476,000.

Police also confiscated the marked buy-bust money, composed of one genuine P1,000 bill with boodle money, a pink coin purse, and a green-cased iPhone allegedly used in the transaction.

The suspect was detained at the custodial facility of the Parañaque City Police Station and is facing complaints for violation of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.