Drug buy-bust nets couple, P200K shabu

By Funny Pearl A. Gajunera
Toril police seized P200,000 worth of shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) from a couple in a buy-bust operation on Tuesday night.
Toril Police Station commander Chief Inspector Hamlet Lerios identified the suspects as Elie Buaya Macapayag, 27, and her husband Dino Ampuyo Macayapag, 34, both residents of Laak, Compostela Valley Province.
The two suspects were said to be on the drug list of the Toril Police Station.
Police staged the buy-bust operation at around 9:30 p.m. on April 14 along MacArthur Highway, Crossing Bayabas, Toril.
The team was led by Lerios in coordination with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) 11.
The operation resulted in the confiscation of one big heat sealed transparent sachet containing shabu from Elie.
Police also found two medium sized heat sealed transparent sachet of shabu from Dino’s possession.
The suspects will face cases of Violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous drug Act of 2002.