BUY-BUST. Drug and non-drug evidence are seized in a buy-bust operation in Sampaloc, Manila on Tuesday (July 16, 2024). The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) arrested two suspects and seized PHP13.6 million worth of shabu during the operation. (Photo courtesy of NCRPO)
MANILA – Operatives of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) arrested two drug suspects and seized over PHP13.6 million worth of shabu in a sting operation in Manila early Tuesday.
In a report, NCRPO Director Maj. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez said the suspects Anthony Reyes, 42, and Lovely Joy Gonzales, 38, were nabbed in a buy-bust inside a budget hotel along P. Campa St., Barangay 462 in the city's Sampaloc district at about 2:35 a.m.
The suspects yielded 2.2 kg. of shabu in two big tea bags and five transparent plastic sachets.
Nartatez said the suspects were brought to the Barbosa Police Station (PS-14) and would face charges for violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act.
2 high-value targets fall in Tacloban buy-bust
Meanwhile, members of the Philippine National Police Drug Enforcement Group (PDEG) nabbed two high-value drug suspects in a buy-bust operation in Tacloban City, Leyte at around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday.
PDEG chief Brig. Gen. Eleazar Matta, in a report, said arrested were Sherwin Zeta, 46, who is on the priority target list of the PDEG and the Police Regional Office (PRO) 8 (Eastern Visayas), and June Noe Ballais, 48, listed as a high-value individual by the PRO 8.
Confiscated from the suspects were some 80 grams of shabu worth PHP544,000, as well as non-drug evidence.
The suspects were brought to Police Station 2 Tacloban City Police Office for custody documentation and proper disposition while the drug evidence was turned over to the PNP Forensic Group in Palo town for examination. (PNA)
