Iloilo City drug sting nets P4-M shabu, high-value suspect

By Perla Lena

December 8, 2023, 6:54 pm

<p><strong>SEIZED.</strong> Anti-drug police agents seize drugs and non-drug items in a buy-bust in Brgy. So-oc, Arevalo District, Iloilo City early morning Friday (Dec. 8, 2023). The suspect, identified as alias "Borgok," a regional priority high-value drug suspect, will face charges for violation of the Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. <em>(Photo courtesy of RDEU-6)</em></p>

SEIZED. Anti-drug police agents seize drugs and non-drug items in a buy-bust in Brgy. So-oc, Arevalo District, Iloilo City early morning Friday (Dec. 8, 2023). The suspect, identified as alias "Borgok," a regional priority high-value drug suspect, will face charges for violation of the Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. (Photo courtesy of RDEU-6)

ILOILO CITY – Police agents in Western Visayas seized about 600 grams of shabu valued at PHP4.08 million following a drug bust operation in Brgy. So-oc in this city’s Arevalo district early morning of Friday.

The operation conducted by the Regional Police Drug Enforcement Unit also resulted in the arrest of a high-value suspect alias “Borgok.”

Police recovered 23 sachets containing suspected shabu, buy-bust money and other non-drug evidence from the suspect.

“The arrested person is now under the custody of ICPS - 6 (Iloilo City Police Station - Arevalo) for proper disposition. He will be facing a case for violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002,” according to the press release issued by the Police Regional Office Western Visayas. (PNA) 

 

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