Laborer nabbed for selling P.5M shabu in Baguio City

Baguio City, Philippines – A laborer listed as the Region’s Top 10 illegal drug personality was handcuffed by authorities after he was caught selling half million worth of suspected shabu in Jose Abad Santos Drive, Burnham-Legarda on June 29.

Report from the Police Regional Office Cordillera stated that the operatives conducted a buy-bust operation on Tuesday evening which resulted to the arrest of a certain Joey Mar Pislaan Gando aka “Manila Boy”, 30, from Caloocan City.

Gando fell in the hands of the authorities after selling a sachet of alleged shabu weighing 75 grams to an undercover operative. Said illegal drug has a standard drug price value of P510,000.

Moreover, during the course of his arrest, the police also seized in his possesion the buy-bust money, a cellular phone, a leather brown wallet with cash and identification cards, an empty brown envelope, and an empty led bulb box.

After the on-site inventory, Gando was brought to Abanao Police Station for documentation and proper disposition. The drug item was handed to Baguio City Crime Laboratory office for examination.

The suspect will be facing a case, violating Section 5 of Republic Act 9165 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

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