By Jennifer P. Rendon
Suspected illegal drugs worth P330,000 were recovered in two anti-illegal drug operations in Iloilo province early morning of Aug 30, 2020.
Members of Pavia Police Station, Oton Police Station, and the Iloilo Police Provincial Office – Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit (IPPO-PDEU) collared three suspects in a buy-bust operation 12:30 am Sunday at Barangay Abilay Norte, Oton.
Major Jojo Tabaloc, Pavia police chief, identified the suspects as Ryan Milan, 49, of Barangay Airport, Mandurriao, Iloilo City; Ronald Batislaong, 41, of Barangay Guzman Jesena, Mandurriao; and Marc Louie Feo, 40, of Barangay Balabag, Pavia.
Recovered from their possession were seven sachets of suspected shabu (with an estimated street value of P80,000); P1,100 cash including the P100 marked money, a mobile phone, three wallets, medicine box, assorted drug paraphernalia, a belt bag, and a canister.
In a subsequent operation at 1:10 a.m. of the same day, Tabaloc’s team arrested Oswald Carl Shariff Escudero III at Barangay Jibao-an, Pavia.
Escudero, 35, a resident of Providence Subdivision, Barangay Balabag, Pavia, was arrested after he sold a sachet of suspected shabu for P10,000 to undercover police.
When he was later frisked, Escudero yielded three packs of suspected shabu weighing 37 grams and with an estimated value of P250,000.
The suspect also yielded two mobile phone, two improvised tooters, and a Suzuki Raider 150 motorcycle (license plate FA33733).
The four suspects are now detained and will be charged for violation of Republic Act 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002).
