Photo: Nigerian Nabbed In A Drug Bust In Philippine

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Photo: Nigerian Nabbed In A Drug Bust In Philippine

A Nigerian man, identified as Ejiye Okoye, alias "Martin", 33, has been arrested by joint elements of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Region 3 (PDEA RO-3) and PDEA-National Capital Region (PDEA-NCR) in a drug sting inside a resto bar along Don Juan Sumulong Highway in Barangay Sto. Ni?o, Marikina City late Tue evening, Jul 12.

PDEA RO-3 director revealed that PDEA RO-3 agents were able to secure a drug deal from Okoye to purchase of 300 grams of shabu for PHP360,000. They agreed to meet inside the resto bar in Marikina City. That was where they arrested the suspect.

The report noted: "Confiscated from the Nigerian were six medium-sized resealable transparent plastic sachets containing a white crystalline substance suspected to be shabu with a street value of PHP1,050,000 and the marked money used in the anti-drug operation."

The suspect was brought in PDEA Jail Facility in Camp Olivas, City of San Fernando, Pampanga for further investigation.