Suspect arrested in Aringay buy-bust; 12.9 grams of suspected shabu seized

A 30-year-old man was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Aringay, La Union, late Tuesday night, with authorities seizing 12.9 grams of suspected shabu valued at P87,720, police said.

The operation was conducted from about 11:45 p.m. on October 13 to 12:35 a.m. on October 14, in coordination with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Regional Office 1.

The suspect, a married water-delivery worker and resident of San Fernando City, La Union, was arrested by personnel from the Regional Police Drug Enforcement Unit 1, which led the operation, along with other regional and provincial units and the Aringay Municipal Police Station.

Authorities said the suspected shabu was contained in two heat-sealed transparent plastic sachets. They also recovered one genuine P500 bill used as buy-bust money, 15 machine-copy P1,000 bills, a coin purse and an Infinix Android cellphone.

The evidence was inventoried and marked at the scene in the presence of the suspect and required witnesses, as mandated by law.