The main target of the anti-drug operation, identified as alias Dongdong, 29 years old, and the alleged maintainer of the drug den, was arrested after selling one sachet of suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride, or shabu weighing approximately five grams to an undercover PDEA agent.
Also apprehended were alias Crem, a reported employee in the drug den, and drug den visitors identified as alias BJ, alias Darren and alias Leonardo.
Also seized during the operation were ten pieces of heat sealed transparent plastic sachets containing suspected shabu approximately weighing twenty-one grams, assorted drug paraphernalia, and the marked buy-bust money.
The suspects will be facing charges for violations of Republic Act 9165, otherwise known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.