PDEA nabs 'shabu' pusher in Pampanga

Anti-narcotics agents arrested a suspected big time pusher in Pampanga, seizing around 50 grams of methamphetamine hydrochloride, or shabu, during a sting operation, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said on Tuesday.

PDEA director general Arturo Cacdac Jr. said authorities nabbed Jennelyn Gonzales, 24, of Purok 3, Barangay San Jose, San Fernando, Pampanga during a buy bust operation.

Reports showed that a PDEA undercover agent transacted with Gonzales who agreed to meet with the poseur-buyer at Panlumacan, San Jose, San Fernando, Pampanga last Mar. 22 around 4 p.m.

Operatives of PDEA Regional Office 3 swooped down on the suspect after she received the P500 marked bill in exchange for two sachets of shabu weighing approximately 50 grams. - Dennis Carcamo