LPG agent arrested in Magsingal buy-bust P10,200 shabu seized
An LPG gas agent from Vigan City was arrested after police seized 1.5 grams of suspected shabu worth P10,200 during a buy-bust operation in Magsingal, Ilocos Sur on Tuesday night, Oct. 20.
The 32-year-old married suspect was apprehended during an operation conducted by the Magsingal Municipal Police Station, in coordination with the Ilocos Sur Police Drug Enforcement Unit, Ilocos Sur Police Intelligence Unit, 1st Ilocos Sur Provincial Mobile Force Company and Regional Intelligence Division of Police Regional Office 1.
The operation, conducted from 8:30 p.m. to 10:20 p.m., resulted in the confiscation of three heat-sealed plastic sachets containing suspected shabu weighing a total of 1.5 grams, with an estimated street value of P10,200.
Police also recovered a genuine P1,000 bill used as buy-bust money, a brown Honda Click 155 motorcycle, a black Realme mobile phone, a black coin purse, cotton from a faucet filter and a blue lighter.
Authorities said the inventory and marking of the seized items were conducted at the scene in the presence of the suspect and the required witnesses.
The suspect was taken into police custody and is expected to face charges for alleged violation of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
In a separate operation in Narvacan earlier that day, police arrested a 42-year-old chainsaw operator after implementing search warrants for alleged violations of the country's dangerous drugs and firearms laws.
The operation, conducted from 5:20 a.m. to 8:15 a.m., involved personnel of the Narvacan Municipal Police Station, Ilocos Sur Police Drug Enforcement Unit, Ilocos Sur Police Intelligence Unit, 4th Maneuver Force Platoon of the 1st Ilocos Sur Provincial Mobile Force Company, 103rd Maneuver Company of the Regional Mobile Force Battalion 1 and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Group in Ilocos Sur.
Police seized two plastic sachets containing 0.19 grams of suspected shabu valued at P1,292.
They also recovered a homemade .22-caliber revolver without a serial number or identifying markings, reportedly loaded with four rounds of ammunition, along with additional .22-caliber ammunition, four rounds of 12-gauge shotgun ammunition, a magazine for a .45-caliber pistol containing one round, another .45-caliber round and a black belt bag.
The search warrants were issued by the Regional Trial Court Branch 72 in Narvacan.
Authorities said the evidence was inventoried and marked at the scene in the presence of the suspect and the required witnesses.
Both suspects remain subject to the legal process, and they are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.