A female drug pusher and her two cohorts were arrested during a buy-bust operation in Taguig City on January 24, 2020 which resulted to the seizure of shabu worth P6.8 million.
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Aaron N. Aquino identified the suspects as Wilsie Paloma Pascual, alias Wil, Erwin Santos Cahanding, and Xyrus Rem dela Cruz Cabanillas, who were arrested by joint elements of PDEA Special Enforcement Service (PDEA SES) under the supervision of Director Levi S. Ortiz and PDEA RO-NCR in 67 P. Mariano Street, Barangay Ususan, Taguig City.
Confiscated during the operation were one green foil pack of Chinese tea labelled Guanyinwang containing suspected shabu, weighing more or less one kilogram, with an estimated value of Php6,800,000.00, and the buy-bust money.
The suspects will be charged for violation of Section 5 (Sale of Dangerous Drugs), and Section 26 (Conspiracy to Sell Dangerous Drugs), Article II of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.