{"id":17388,"date":"2025-11-05T23:46:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T15:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=17388"},"modified":"2025-11-05T23:46:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T15:46:51","slug":"laborer-cum-hvi-nabbed-in-mabalacat-drug-buy-bust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2025\/11\/05\/laborer-cum-hvi-nabbed-in-mabalacat-drug-buy-bust\/","title":{"rendered":"LABORER-CUM-HVI NABBED IN MABALACAT DRUG BUY-BUST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BY KEVIN GALANG<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MABALACAT CITY, Pampanga \u2014 Joint operatives on Tuesday arrested a 22-year-old construction worker tagged as a \u201chigh-value individual\u201d (HVI) and seized an estimated P408,000 worth of shabu in a buy-bust operation in Bgy. Dau, this city.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a report to Police Regional Office 3 director Brig. Gen. Rogelio Pe\u00f1ones Jr., \u00a0arrested was alias\u00a0 \u201cTotz,\u201d of\u00a0 Balibago, Angeles City.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mabalacat City police chief Lt. Col. Efren David said the entrapment was launched at the Spillway area of Bgy. Dau by joint elements of the Mabalacat City Police Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region 3 Pampanga Provincial Office.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Confiscated from the suspect were around 60 grams of suspected shabu worth P408,000 and the marked money.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pe\u00f1ones commended the operating units for their successful coordination, emphasizing that the result of the operation reflects PRO3\u2019s commitment to intensify its campaign against illegal drugs in Central Luzon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe arrest of this \u2018high-value individual\u2019 is another clear message that we will continue to pursue those involved in the illegal drug trade. Our goal is to keep our communities safe and drug-free,\u201d Pe\u00f1ones said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; BY KEVIN GALANG &nbsp; MABALACAT CITY, Pampanga &mdash; Joint operatives on Tuesday arrested a 22-year-old construction worker tagged as a &ldquo;high-value individual&rdquo; (HVI) and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17388"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17388"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17390,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17388\/revisions\/17390"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}