KITCHEN HELPER-CUM-DRUG PEDDLER, COHORT HAULED TO JAIL

BY KEVIN GALANG

ANTI-DRUG operatives on Monday arrested two  “high-value” targets, including a kitchen helper-turned-drug peddler, in an entrapment operation in Bgy. Pag-asa, Olongapo City.

In a report to Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) director Brig. Gen. Ponce Rogelio Peñones Jr., the. Olongapo City police identified the arrested as alias ‘’Tomtom,’’ 32,  a kitchen helper and a resident of Bgy. Pag-asa, Olongapo City; and alias  ‘’Al-al,” 21, of Bgy. Calapacuan, Subic, Zambales. 

Members of the Police Station 3 and the Olongapo City Drug Enforcement Units conducted a buy-bust on the two suspects on Murphy St., Bgy. Pag-asa, Olongapo City.

Authorities confiscated from the suspects  at least 30.93 grams of shabu valued at P210,324, and the marked money.

The arrested suspects were brought to Police Station 3 facing charges for violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.