A PUBLIC school teacher was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Maguindanao on Wednesday night, September 30, 2020.

Maguindanao Police drug enforcement chief Erwin Tabora said that Roy Martin Ledesma, 43, was caught in an entrapment operation at his home in Barangay Broce in the municipality of Datu Odin Sinsuat at about 7 p.m.

“The suspect did not resist arrest after police operatives barged inside his house following a transaction with a poseur-buyer,” Tabora said.

Seized from Ledesma were P5,000 worth of suspected shabu, drug paraphernalia, cash, identification card and the marked money used in the operation.

“He has been under surveillance since last year, using his house as drug den occasionally,” the Maguindanao drug enforcement chief said.

Ledesma will be charged with violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.