Drug pusher nabbed in Pangasinan buy-bust


BINMALEY, Pangasinan – Authorities arrested a suspected drug pusher in a buy-bust operation here on Sunday afternoon, Jan. 29.

Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Region 1 (Ilocos) Director Joel Plaza identified the suspect as Rullie Molano, a Public Order and Safety Officer (POSO) of the local government unit here and former jail guard and Integrated National Police officer.

Considered a high-value target drug personality, Molano yielded one heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet containing suspected shabu weighing more or less a half gram worth P3,400, an identification card, and the buy-bust money.

Suspect faces drug-related charges and detained at the PDEA Pangasinan Provincial Office in Urdaneta City.