ABANTE COPS ARREST FISHERMAN IN POSSESSION OF SHABU WORTH P81-K

In a decisive anti-drug operation, the Abante cops of the Abra Police Provincial Office (PPO) arrested a fisherman following the discovery and confiscation of shabu valued at PhP81,600.00 in his residence in Abra on May 19, 2024.

Based on the reports submitted to the PRO Cordillera Regional Director, PBGEN DAVID K PEREDO, JR., a 43-year-old male drug personality was arrested in the search warrant operation by joint operatives of Abra PPO Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit (PDEU), Provincial Intelligence Unit, and Bangued Municipal Police Station (MPS), Lacub MPS, 1st Abra Provincial Mobile Force Company, Regional Intelligence Division-Cordillera, Regional Intelligence Unit 14, and PDEA Abra at Sitio South, Brgy. Calaba, Bangued.

During the execution of the search warrant, operatives discovered four heat-sealed transparent plastic sachets containing suspected shabu, weighing more or less 12 grams with a Standard Drug Price of PhP81,600.00 in his residence.

An on-site inventory of the recovered evidence was conducted in the presence of the arrested suspect, witnessed by media representative Jerum Bachiller and Barangay Kagawad Christian Lazo of Brgy. Zone 5, Bangued.

Following the operation, the suspect and the confiscated evidence were taken into custody by the PDEU for documentation and proper disposition. The arrest underscores the relentless efforts of the Abra PPO in combating illegal drugs and maintaining peace and order in the region. (PRO CORDILLERA PIO / File Photo)