PILILLA, Rizal — A police operation targeting an illegal basketball ending game led to the arrest of a man who was also allegedly found carrying suspected shabu in Pililla early Saturday.

The operation was conducted at about 12:30 a.m. on September 26 along M.L. Quezon Street in Barangay Hulo, according to the Police Regional Office 4A executive summary.

Pililla police said operatives arrested the suspect during an operation against illegal gambling and recovered a basketball ending card, ₱500 in bet money including the marked money used in the operation, and a black ballpen.

Police also reported finding one heat-sealed sachet containing about 0.55 gram of suspected shabu with an estimated standard drug price of ₱3,740.

The suspect was turned over to the investigator on case shortly after the operation.