Drug suspect nabbed with PHP 1.5 million shabu

By Jennifer P. Rendon

Months after his release from incarceration, a drug personality was nabbed during a police anti-narcotics operation in City Proper, Iloilo City.

Alias Keth, 27, was arrested at his home in Zone 1, Barangay Rizal Pala-Pala 1, City Proper district.

Members of the Regional Police Drug Enforcement Unit 6 seized around 220 grams of suspected shabu valued at PHP 1,496,000 from the suspect.

Maj. Marvin Villanueva, RPDEU-6 deputy chief, said the suspect was arrested for a drug-related offense in 2021.

He was released from incarceration in May 2025 after the case against him was dismissed.

Villanueva said the suspect sourced his supply through an acquaintance he met while jailed at the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology facility.

The suspect is now detained at the Iloilo City Police Station 7 lockup cell and will be charged with violation of Republic Act No. 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002).