DRUGS. Ten kilos of shabu worth PHP68 million seized from a 30-year-old resident of San Pablo, Laguna during a sting operation in Barangay Kasambagan, Cebu City on Monday night (Dec. 11, 2023). The Regional Drug Enforcement Unit said the male suspect owns a condominium unit in the city. (Contributed photo)
CEBU CITY – A drug suspect from San Pablo, Laguna was arrested in a sting operation in an uptown village here Monday night and yielded 10 kilograms of shabu valued at PHP68 million.
Maj. Jomar Dela Cerna, chief of the Regional Drug Enforcement Unit-Central Visayas based in Camp Sergio Osmeña Sr., said the 30-year-old male suspect has a condominium unit registered under his name in this city.
He would stay here for a week before going back to Luzon, according to Dela Cerna.
“The suspect is a high-value individual for his ability to dispose of kilos of shabu,” he said in a statement Tuesday.
The police coordinated with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas to place the suspect under surveillance.
He was nabbed in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Kasambagan.
Records showed he was arrested, also for a drug case, sometime in June last year but availed of plea-bargaining agreement.
“We have ongoing operations because he mentioned some persons during the custodial debriefing,” Police Regional Office 7 spokesperson Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare told reporters. (PNA)
