2 drug pushers nabbed in Isabela


ECHAGUE, Isabela – Two suspected drug pushers were nabbed and suspected shabu worth P408,000 was seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay San Fabian here on Wednesday, Feb. 1.

Authorities identified the suspects as Marilou Saldoval, 52, and Jhimuel Haduca, 42.

They were arrested after they sold three heat-sealed transparent plastic sachets containing shabu weighing more or less one gram for P6,800 to a poseur-buyer.

Suspects yielded a large transparent plastic sachet with shabu weighing more or less 60 grams worth P408,000, buy-bust money, a mobile phone, van, and drug paraphernalia.

They were taken to the Echague police station for proper disposition. The illegal drugs were taken to the PNP Forensic Unit in Santiago City for drug test and laboratory examination.