POLICE and anti-narcotics operatives arrested on Thursday, February 4, two suspected drug personalities in Eastern Visayas.
Ponciano Donceras, a watchlisted suspect, was arrested during a buy-bust around 6:15 p.m. Thursday in Barangay Binogawan, San Policarpo, Eastern Samar.
Authorities confiscated during the operation two sachets containing substance believed to be shabu weighing 0.0918 gram based on chemistry report of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and with an estimated worth of P624.
In Maasin City, police arrested Darwin Ryan Golo Lastra, said to be a newly identified drug personality in the city.
A poseur buyer was able to buy from the suspect two sachets of substance believed to be shabu worth P1,000, police said in the report.
Also confiscated from Lastra were two sachets containing the same substance with an estimated worth of P1,000 and buy-bust money.
The inventory of pieces of evidence was witnessed by two barangay officials and a media representative, the report added.
The suspects will be facing charges for violation of Sections 5 and 11, Article II of Republic Act 9165, otherwise known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. (SunStar Philippines)