Camp BGen Efigenio C Navarro, Calapan City – A 34-year-old man who is listed as an illegal-drugs street-level individual was arrested in anti-illegal drug buybust operation in Brgy. Bulusan, Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro on June 21, 2023 at around 11:25 AM.

Report revealed that Manolo Dela Cruz Esteron a.k.a Manolo, 34, was arrested after allegedly selling one (1) piece transparent plastic sachet of suspected ‘shabu’ in exchange for Php500 to a police poseur-buyer in a joint anti-illegal drug buybust operation launched by the elements of Calapan City Drug Enforcement Team (CDET) together with Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit (PDEU); Regional Intelligence Unit (RIU); and Tactical Motorcycle Riding Unit (TMRU).

Confiscated from the suspect’s possession were one (1) piece of transparent plastic sachet of suspected shabu with an estimated weight of 0.47 grams worth more or less Php3,196, the Php500 buybust money, and other paraphernalia.

Apprehended person is now under police custody pending the filing of charges in violation of Republic Act 9165, otherwise known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.