Three suspected drug personalities were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Kaunlaran, Quezon City on All Saints’ Day.
The Quezon City Police District Police Station (Project 4) identified the suspects as Michael Cabildo, 29, of Taytay, Rizal; Mark delos Reyes, 42, of Barangay Tandang Sora, Quezon City; and Michael Castellon, 46, of Barangay Laging Handa, Quezon City.
QCPD Station 8 officer-in-charge Police Major Bernardo Pascua said the suspects were newly identified drug personalities of the QCPD Station 8 and are involved in illegal drug peddling in the area.
Personnel of the QCPD Station 8 Drug Enforcement Unit conducted the buy-bust operation against the suspects inside a hotel on Benitez St.
An undercover cop posed as a buyer and transacted with the suspects, resulting into their arrest.
Seized from the suspects were 21 sachets of suspected shabu amounting to P170,000, some drug paraphernalia such as syringes and glass water pipe tubes with traces of shabu, two digital weighing scales, and the mobile phone used by the suspects in the transaction.
The suspects are now under police custody and were charged with violation of Republic Act No. 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. (Alexandria San Juan)