By Jennifer P. Rendon
A youngster was arrested in a police anti-illegal drugs operation shortly after midnight of September 9 at Molo, Iloilo City.
Jazz Alcain, 20, a resident of Barangay Monica, City Proper, Iloilo City, was collared immediately after he sold a sachet of suspected shabu worth 11,000 to a police poseur-buyer.
Members of the Regional Police Drug Enforcement Unit 6 (RPDEU-6), together with operatives from the Iloilo City Police Station 6, the Regional Highway Patrol Unit 6 (RHPU-6), and the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group 6 (CIDG-6)’s Anti-Illegal Drugs Team, nabbed Alcain 12:50 a.m. of Thursday at Barangay San Pedro, Molo.
Lieutenant Colonel Mark Anthony Darroca, RPDEU-6 chief, said two sachets of suspected shabu, and a water pouch were also taken from the suspect.
Authorities pegged the value of the seized substance at P88,400.
Darroca said that Alcain is considered a street level pusher.
The suspect is now detained and will be charged for violation of Republic Act 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002).
