CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- The City of San Fernando Police Station confiscated P178,000 worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation on Tuesday, September 28.

Joint elements of the Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) led by Captain Brilliant Manlutac, under the overall supervision of Police Lieutenant Colonel John Clark, led the noonday buy-bust operation in Barangay San Isidro in this capital city.

The operation led to the arrest of suspect Hardee Menor. The suspect is in the target list of drug personalities in the city.

Confiscated from his possession were seven pieces of heat-sealed plastic sachets containing suspected shabu approximately 26 grams with an estimated street value of P176,800.

Police reports said that the suspect was allegedly involved in the proliferation of illegal drugs within the province of Pampanga and has a previous drug-related cases in a trial court in Guagua town.

The suspect is now under the custody of City of San Fernando Police Station while the suspected illegal drugs will be brought to Philippine National Police Crime Laboratory for examination.