A 44-YEAR-OLD food delivery man was arrested in an anti-illegal drugs operation in Tacloban City Tuesday, February 23, 2021.

Police identified the suspect as Rogelio Ian Navarro, single, and a resident of the city.

Anti-narcotics unit of Tacloban City Police Office-Station 1 led by Lieutenant Barry Baluyot, under the supervision Major Edwin Cañamaque and in Coordination with Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), arrested the suspect during the buy-bust operation around 12 p.m. Wednesday in Barangay 59-A Sampaguita, Tacloban.

Purchased from the suspect was a sachet containing substance believed to be shabu, while confiscated from his possession and control were nine sachets containing suspected shabu with an estimated worth of P29,050, buy-bust money, and a mobile phone, the police said in the report.

The suspect will face charges for violation of Republic Act 9165, otherwise known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. (SunStar Philippines)