PRO3 INTENSIFIES DRIVE VS ILLEGAL DRUGS, SENDS ‘HIGH-VALUE’ INDIVIDUALS TO JAIL

BY KEVIN GALANG

CAMP OLIVAS, City of San Fernando, Pampanga – The Police Regional Office (PRO3)  has intensified its efforts to eradicate illegal drugs in the region.

Several individuals, including high-value and street-level individual,  were arrested in a series of buy-bust operations in  Nueva Ecija and Bulacan.

On Friday, the Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) of the Gapan City Police Station conducted a  buy-bust operation in Bgy. Mangino, resulting in the arrest of alias “Noel,” a 44-year-old high-value individual, and his cohort, alias “White,” 43.

Confiscated from the duo were 57 grams of shabu, valued at P387,600, and  a cal. .9mm pistol with  three rounds of live bullets. 

SDEU operatives from Bocaue police arrested four suspects in a buy-bust in Bgy. Turo, Bocaue, Bulacan, which resulted in the arrest of alias “Larry,” 42; alias “Balat,” 45; alias “Dek,” 39;  alias “Manny,” 49, who yielded 45 grams of shabu worth P306,000.

Last September 5, the Malolos City police arrested alias “Zaldo,” 40, a high-value individual, in Bgy. Anilao, City of Malolos, Bulacan, who also yielded 50 grams of shabu valued at P340,000.

Anti-illegal drugs operatives of the Marilao police conducted an entrapment in Bgy. Loma de Gato, Marilao, Bulacan, leading to the arrest of alias “Enteng,” 24, and the confiscation of 30 grams of shabu worth P204,000, along with one cal. .38 revolver. 

“We remain steadfast in our commitment to the relentless pursuit of individuals involved in illegal drugs and call on the public to continue supporting our campaign to ensure safer communities.,”said  PRO3 director Brig. Gen. Jose Hidalgo Jr..