BAGUIO CITY — Authorities seized P3.57 million worth of crystal meth (shabu) and a .45 caliber pistol from a 57-year-old drug trader, early Tuesday in Urdaneta City, Pangasinan.
Operatives from Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Pangasinan and Philippine National Police Drug Enforcement Group Special Operations 1 (PDEG-SOU 1) caught “Odi” at around 2:35 a.m. on Tuesday for selling six pieces of knot-tied plastic, containing suspected shabu weighing more or less 525 grams. A pistol with inside holster, a magazine assembly, seven live ammunitions, mobile phones, several drug paraphernalia, and five bundles of unused plastic sachets were also confiscated from the suspect.
Operatives also seized an identification card and P2,0000 worth of cash in different denominations among other non-drug evidence.
According to PDEA-Region 1 Director Joel B. Plaza, the drug trader, who was taken to the PDEA-Pangasinan provincial office jail facility, will be facing charges for violation of Section 5 (Sale of Dangerous Drugs), Section 12 (Possession of Drug Paraphernalia), Article II of Republic Act No. 9165, the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, and RA 10591, the Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act. — Artemio A. Dumlao
