Camp BGen Efigenio C Navarro, Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro- A 25-year-old security guard, Romnic Mañibo Mandia, resident of Barangay Sta. Maria, Naujan, Oriental Mindoro, was arrested in drug buy-bust operation launched by Calapan City Drugs Enforcement Team (CDET) on February 4, 2022, in Brgy. Guinobatan, Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro.

Police report said that the poseur buyer was able to buy one piece of heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet from the suspect, allegedly containing shabu, with estimated weight 0.45 gram, and estimated Dangerous Drug Board value of PhP 3,060.00, in exchange for Php 500.00 (marked money), which led to the arrest of the suspect.

Based on the PNP Drug Related Data Integration and Generation System (DRDIGS), Police Regional Office MIMAROPA has scored 356 operations from January 2021 to February 4, 2022.

During the same period, a total of 417 suspects were arrested by the said police regional office, yielding a total of 1,506.065 grams of shabu with estimated value of Php 10,241,239.28.

“Once again, I truly commend the Calapan City Drug Enforcement Team for another remarkable accomplishment they have made”, Police Brigadier General SIDNEY SULTAN HERNIA, Regional Director of Police Regional Office MIMAROPA, stressed.

“I, therefore, direct all unit commanders to unceasingly launch intensified anti-illegal drugs operations for us to realize our dream of a drug-cleared, if not a drug-free, region”, he continued. -RPIO MIMAROPA