A notorious drug pusher in Barangay Habog-Habog, Molo district here was arrested by police authorities on Monday.
Collared by elements of the Molo police in an anti-illegal drugs operation was 33-year-old Joel de los Santos, also a resident of the said barangay.
Chief Inspector Nestor Santasera, deputy chief of police of Molo Police Station, said the suspect was placed under surveillance operation for almost three weeks based on information that he was into the illegal drugs trade in their locality. Thus, a drug-bust was conducted that led to his outright arrest.
Recovered from his control and possession was a sachet of suspected shabu and the marked money including drug paraphernalia.
De los Santos was ordered detained at the Molo police station for the filing of illegal drug charges.
Meanwhile, the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO6) has created anew Task Force Bakhaw in Barangay Bakhaw, Mandurriao, Iloilo City.
C/Supt. Cipriano Querol Jr. said they would reactivate the task force to totally eradicate illegal drugs and drug-related crime incidents in the area.
The task force, headed by Police Supt. Leo Batilis, is composed of operatives from the Regional Anti-Illegal Drugs Task Force, Regional Public Safety Batallion, Iloilo City Anti-Illegal Drugs Task Force and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). - pna
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