Police arrest 4, seize drugs worth P150K
FOUR persons were arrested and suspected illegal drugs with an estimated amount of P150,000 were seized in separate police operations in the cities of Lapu-Lapu and Mandaue.
Police said Jerry Palagnas, 35; Felicisimo Zapanta, 25; and Ricky Pedroza, 39; all residents of Sitio Sto. Rosario, Barangay Jagobiao, Mandaue City, connived in selling drugs to a poseur-buyer.
Seized from Palagnas was the P200 buy-bust money, 26 sachets of suspected shabu, drug-sniffing paraphernalia and a .45 caliber pistol with six bullets.
A sachet of suspected shabu and a .38 revolver were recovered from Zapanta’s possession, while Pedroza yielded drug-sniffing paraphernalia, said Senior Insp. Alfredo Puhay, chief of the Basak Police Station.
The confiscated illegal drugs were worth P20,000 based on Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) value.
In Lapu-Lapu City, 53-year-old Raul Gelig was arrested after he allegedly sold a pack of suspected shabu worth P200 to a police decoy.
Police said they seized 26 sachets and two medium-sized packs of suspected shabu, P640 cash and drug paraphernalia from Gelig’s possession.
The confiscated drugs were estimated to cost P133,930 based on DDB value, police said.
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