P2.2-M shabu seized from Barangay Security Force member in Taguig


Operatives from the Taguig Police Drug Enforcement Unit arrested a member of the Barangay Security Force (BSF) in a buy-bust operation in Taguig on Sept. 19. 

The police identified the suspect as alias Roger, 56, who was arrested during the operation in Barangay New Lower Bicutan at about 12:50 a.m. 

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The buy-bust operation in Taguig on Sept. 19 (Photos from Taguig Police / SPD)

During the operation, the police seized seven plastic sachets containing suspected shabu, weighing 330 grams with an estimated value of P2.24 million.  

They also confiscated buy-bust money consisting of one genuine P1,000 bill and 39 pieces of counterfeit P1,000 bill and a weighing scale.  

The illegal drugs were turned over to the Southern Police District Forensic Unit for laboratory examination, while a complaint for violation of Republic Act 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002) will be filed against the suspect with the Taguig City Prosecutor’s Office.