A high-value target is arrested in a buy-bust operation on Wednesday, July 15, 2020. | Contributed photo.
CEBU CITY, Philippines— A high-value target from Barangay Duljo Fatima here was nabbed by agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Central Visayas (PDEA-7) in a buy-bust operation on Wednesday noon, July 15, 2020.
Authorities were able to apprehend Cristian Recafort, alias Elijah, a 26-year-old jobless man who is a resident of the area where he was caught.
Confiscated from the suspect were ten packs of suspected illegal drugs weighing at least 50 grams.
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The estimated market value of the drugs is P340,000.
The suspect has been under surveillance for at least two weeks.
According to PDEA-7, the suspect can dispose an average of 500 grams of illegal drugs every three days.
A case for violation of RA 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 will be filed against the suspect. /bmjo