2 Buy-Bust Operations in Angeles on the 12th–13th — 3 Arrested, Shabu Seized

2 Buy-Bust Operations in Angeles on the 12th–13th — 3 Arrested, Shabu Seized

📌 The Angeles City Police Office (ACPO) conducted 2 buy-bust operations on the afternoon of Thursday, November 12 and in the early morning of Friday, November 13, arresting 3 people and seizing about 7.2 g of suspected shabu (methamphetamine) with a standard market value of 48,960 pesos, it said on its official Facebook page on the 13th.

■ Incident Details
· Around 5:15 p.m. on the 12th, the Police Station 2 Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) and Intelligence Section arrested 2 residents of Barangay Lourdes Northwest, aged 50 and 30, on Pampang Road in that barangay
· They are accused of selling one sachet of shabu to a police poseur-buyer in exchange for a marked 1,000-peso bill — a body search turned up 1 more sachet from the 50-year-old, and 1 sachet and additional marked bills from the 30-year-old. Total seized in this operation: about 3 g (market value 20,400 pesos)
· Around 1:35 a.m. on the 13th, the Police Station 6 Drug Enforcement Unit arrested the remaining 1 person in another buy-bust operation (details were cut off in the announcement and could not be confirmed)

■ Investigation / Current Status
· Based on the police announcement; guilt will be determined at trial
· Angeles police said they will continue to step up anti-drug enforcement

■ Notes for Residents and Travelers
· Buy-bust operations are being carried out one after another across Angeles — decline any drug offers and avoid related places
· Report suspicious transactions to the police

■ Source
Angeles City Police Office (official Facebook, 11/13)

■ Photo
· Angeles City Police Office buy-bust arrest announcement graphic — Angeles City Police Office (official Facebook)