Camp BGen Efigenio C Navarro, Calapan City – A 20-year-old drug suspect was arrested during a drug buybust operation in San Miguel, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan on June 11, 2023.

The arrested person, Angel Patrick Lagan Lagrada, 20, was apprehended after allegedly selling one (1) piece heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet containing suspected ‘shabu’ in exchange for Php1,500 to a police poseur-buyer in anti-illegal drug buybust operation led by the members of Puerto Princesa CPO Police Station 1 Drugs Enforcement Team in Purok Masaya, National Road, Brgy. San Miguel, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan at around 10:45 PM.

Confiscated from Angel’s possession were one (1) more piece of heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet containing substance of suspected ‘shabu’, with an estimated weight at around 1.69 grams and market price amounting to Php17,974.00, the Php1,500 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.