Man nabbed in shabu entrapment operation

BAGUIO CITY -- Instead of spending Sunday as family day, a young family man went peddling shabu, resulting in his arrest here during a buy-bust operation carried out by agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency evening of Nov. 22.

The suspect was identified as Jhay-ar Manding y Esmael, 23 and resident of Km. 3, Botiwtiw, La Trinidad, Benguet.

He was nabbed along Magsaysay Ave., Happy Homes around 8:30 p.m.

Two heat-sealed sachets of shabu, weighing 0.16 grams and 0.03 grams valued at P2,500 were seized from Manding.

One of the operating agents who acted as buyer bought from him one of the sachets of shabu worth P500.

When frisked later by the arresting officers, he yielded the other sachet.
A case for illegal drugs was filed against the suspect who is now incarcerated at the Baguio City jail. by virtue of an order of detention issued by the inquest prosecutor on Nov. 23.

The confiscated drugs were placed at the regional police crime laboratory office for chemical analysis.