Illegal drugs valued at three hundred sixty-seven thousand pesos were seized from two men in a buy-bust operation carried out in Barangay Cembo on July 15 at midnight.

According to the Southern Police District, they arrested a 63-year-old construction worker known as alias Tarik, and a 22-year-old known as alias Ato. The arrest occurred when an undercover officer successfully purchased five hundred pesos worth of suspected shabu (methamphetamine) contained in a plastic sachet.

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In total, 54 grams of suspected shabu with a street price of P367,200 were confiscated from the two suspects.

The suspects will be charged with violating Republic Act 9165, otherwise known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Acts of 2002.

(Photo by SPD-PIO)