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Drug pusher, cohort nabbed with P170K shabu in Lubao buy-bust

LUBAO, Pampanga — A suspected drug pusher and his alleged cohort were arrested after a buy-bust operation yielded around 24 grams of suspected shabu worth P170,000 in Barangay Lourdes here on Thursday (September 24).

Police said the two suspects were apprehended at around 5:45 p.m. during the anti-drug operation conducted in the village.

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency team leader identified the main target of the operation as alias “Lon-lon”, male, 37 years old. His accomplice was identified as alias “Rey”, male, 42 years old.

Aside from the illegal drugs, the operating team also recovered one smartphone and the buy-bust money used during the drug sting.

The operation was conducted by joint operatives led by the PDEA RO3 Special Enforcement Team (RSET), together with PDEA Pampanga Provincial Office.

The apprehended suspects will be charged with violation of Section 5 (Sale of Dangerous Drugs), in relation to Section 26(b) (Conspiracy to Sell), of Republic Act 9165. (UnliNews Online)

Manny D. Balbin
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Emmanuel "Manny" Dineros Balbin, founder and editor-in-chief of UNLINEWS ONLINE and UNLINEWS Digital Newspaper, is a former seminarian of Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) in Notre Dame University Seminary in Cotabato City. Graduated college with Philosophy and Political Science courses at the University of Santo Tomas, Legazpi City. A former Journal Group of Publication (People's Journal, People's Tonight, Taliba & Women's Journal) staffer for 17 years. Before, he simultaneously contributed news articles to 3 local newspapers in Bulacan (NewsCore, MetroNews & NewsWatcher). He is the founder and the former editor-in-chief of RONDA Balita, both in weekly newspaper and online news. A former Kabayan provincial reporter, 2010 Bulacan election correspondent by Rappler and presently, a stringer of Philippine News Agency (PNA) Bulacan.
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