CEBU CITY – At least five kilos of suspected shabu worth P34 million were seized from a 42-year-old drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Tagbilaran City, Bohol on Monday night, September 9.
PACKS of suspected shabu worth P34 million were seized in a buy-bust operation in Tagbilaran City, Bohol on Monday night, September 9. (PDEA-7)
Robert Tiro was arrested by agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) and personnel of the Naval Forces Central, Philippine Maritime Police, and Bohol Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit.
The operation took place around 9 p.m. on Binayran Road in Barangay Dampas.
Leia Alcantara, information officer of PDEA-7, said it took a month of case build-up before the suspect was arrested.
Alcantara added that the suspect was capable of selling two to three kilos of shabu a week in various areas in Tagbilaran.
The arrest of Tiro was a follow-up operation after his nephew was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu last August 8, Alcantara added.
“As of now, validation is still ongoing to identify the source of his drug supply,” said Alcantara.
Alcantara said the PDEA-7 believes that Tiro is just a new player in the illegal drugs trade as he did not have previous records showing that he was into drug peddling.