Alleged drug pusher busted in Puerto Princesa City
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CITY OF CALAPAN — A drug pusher was arrested Monday, Feb 13, in a buy-bust operation in Puerto Princesa City in Palawan province.
A report from the Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan) police said they arrested at 8:05 p.m. Melvin Solidaga, 25, after he sold a sachet of suspected shabu (crystal meth) to a poseur buyer in Barangay San Jose.
The “suspect was engaged in the proliferation of illegal drugs in the city,” the police said.
Also confiscated from Solidaga was the P2,500 buy-bust money.
The suspect is under police custody and faces charges of violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
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