
The PDEA identified the suspects as Analyn Lacson, 41, of Ilang-Ilang St., Barangay Dau; Joanna Arcilla of Barangay Dau, Lorna Bote, 59; Maristela Patio of Ilang-Ilang St., Barangay Dau; Reynan J. Atienza, 24, of Barangay Dau, and Bryan Belo, 39, of Barangay Culis, Hermosa, Bataan.
They were arrested inside a makeshift drug den where four heat-sealed transparent plastic sachets containing 12 grams of shabu valued at P82,800, assorted drug paraphernalia, and marked money used by the poseur-buyer were recovered.
Charges for violation of Republic Act (RA) No. 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 will be filed against the suspects.
Meanwhile, police arrested a suspected drug pusher and seized suspected shabu valued at P374,000 in an buy-bust operation in Barangay Camp Tinio, Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija.
Police identified the suspect as Vladimir Garcia, 50.
Recovered from him were 15 heat-sealed transparent plastic sachets containing white crystalline substance believed to be shabu weighing more or less 55 grams with an estimated Dangerous Drug Board (DDB) value of P374,000, boodle money, and the P500 marked money.