A drug pusher from Mindanao fell into the hands of police authorities in a buy-bust operation at Sitio Lugutan, Brgy. Manoc-Manoc, Boracay Island on Saturday.

The suspect, Saddam Tuwalo Amito, alyas Ryan, 19, of Mindanao, is living temporarily in Manoc-manoc.

Police reported that Amito was set to meet a poseur-buyer when he was collared by combined operatives of the Boracay Tourist Assistance Center (BTAC), Provincial Intelligence Branch Operative and Aklan Provincial Safety Command. 

Confiscated from him were three sachets of suspected shabu. 

He is now detained at the BTAC and charge with violation of Republic Act 9165, otherwise known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.*PNA