MANILA, Philippines – Another suspected drug dealer was nabbed by anti-narcotics agents during a recent sting operation in Iloilo, confiscating P4 million worth of cocaine, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) disclosed today.
PDEA director general Dionisio Santiago said Carlito Sangrador Buen, 48, of Brgy. Maninila, Miagao, Iloilo, was apprehended by operatives during a buy-bust operation.
Santiago said that after the initial sale, the PDEA agent who acted as poseur-buyer convinced Buen to sell a bigger quantity by showing a huge amount of money to the suspect, prompting him to bring out his stock.
The suspect's supply was believed to be part of the cocaine salvaged from the coastlines of Eastern Samar late last year.
Recovered from Buen were the marked money of different denominations, a brick, and two pieces self-sealed plastic sachet of suspected cocaine with approximate weight of 800 grams, worth around P4 million.
“Despite our continuous appeals and warnings to the public, still there are individuals who risk being arrested by selling and keeping the recovered Samar cocaine,” Santiago said. - By Dennis Carcamo
