Man, 30, arrested with 300 g of kush in Marikina buy-bust
Police arrested a 30-year-old man known as “Ace” in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Malanday, Marikina City, on the evening of 3 June 2025. They seized about 300 grams of suspected kush and 22 millilitres of marijuana oil, valued together at P451,320; he was held pending charges under the Dangerous Drugs Act.
🇵🇭 Barangay Malanday, Marikina City, Metro Manila · Philippines
Police in Marikina City arrested a 30-year-old man in a buy-bust operation in
Barangay Malanday on the evening of Tuesday 3 June 2025.[1]The National
Capital Region Police Office said the man was identified only by the alias
“Ace”.[1]Daily Tribune reported that Ace was on the street-level individual
watchlist and was arrested after a transaction with a police poseur-buyer.[2]
Operatives of the Marikina City Police Station’s Station Drug Enforcement Unit
carried out the operation in coordination with the Philippine Drug Enforcement
Agency.[2]Officers seized seven sachets and 10 medium-sized vacuum-sealed
packs of suspected kush, a high-grade cannabis flower, according to police.[1]They also took 10 cartridges and 12 vacuum-sealed packs of suspected marijuana
oil, along with one white box and P1,000 in marked buy-bust money.[2]
Police said the kush weighed about 300 grams and was valued at P450,000, while
the 22 millilitres of marijuana oil were valued at P1,320.[1]The two seizures
together were valued at P451,320.[1]
The suspect was held at the Marikina City Police Station custodial facility
pending charges under Republic Act 9165, the Dangerous Drugs Act.[1]The
seized items were turned over to the Eastern Police District Forensic Unit for
laboratory examination.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Cannabis
300 g
Value (official estimate)
PHP 451,320
Agency
National Capital Region Police Office
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis; Oil or extract
Activity
Possession, Sale
Setting
Street or public place
Charge
violating Republic Act 9165, the Dangerous Drugs Act
Both accounts rely on police statements; no independent witness or court record of the operation was found.
No charge sheet, court date or outcome was reported; the suspect was held pending filing of charges under Republic Act 9165.
The suspect was identified only by the alias “Ace”; his full name was not published.
Laboratory results confirming the seized items were cannabis were not reported.
The marijuana oil quantity is given by volume (22 millilitres) with only a peso value, so no weight for the oil is recorded.
Daily Tribune reports a combined street value of P450,000, while INQUIRER.net gives a P451,320 total; the report uses the itemised figures of P450,000 for the kush and P1,320 for the oil.
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