PDEA-8 arrests female pusher in Tacloban

Saturday 12th of May 2012

TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 12 (PIA) -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Region 8 has arrested a 40-year-old mother of four children for allegedly selling and possessing a total of 0.85 grams of shabu on May 3.

PDEA-8 Information Officer Liza Baoy said the suspect was collared at the downtown Tacloban City for selling illegal drugs.

Baoy said the suspect was caught selling 0.395 grams of shabu to a PDEA agent who acted as a poseur buyer in a transaction for two thousand pesos, for which she was subsequently arrested.

After the fact of her arrest had been announced and she had been informed of her Constitutional rights, a body search was conducted where she yielded an additional two large transparent plastic packages or “sachets” of shabu totaling 0.458 grams.

Baoy said that PDEA would continue in its fight against the proliferation of the illegal drugs in the region which include the conduct of information campaign on the ill-effects of using illegal drugs aside from their continued operations against those involved in the illicit trade.

It was learned that majority of the drug users from the region are using shabu or hydrochloride methamphetamine. The easy access to shabu could be the reason why it appears to be the favorite among illegal drug users, next to marijuana, which is actually lower in price than shabu.

A sachet of shabu is worth between P250 to P500 or about P10,000 per gram, Baoy said. (EOT-PIA8)