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Apr 9, 2024 · Buy-bust operations, a common anti-narcotics strategy, serve as a pivotal tool for law enforcement agencies in the Philippines in their ongoing battle against illegal drug trade.
In drug cases, the State bears the burden not only of proving the elements of the crime, but also its body or corpus delicti, which in these cases pertains to the dangerous drug itself.32 In cases involving illegal drugs, buy-bust operation has been declared as a valid and effective procedure for apprehending drug peddlers and distributors33 ...
Mar 8, 2017 · One of the most common ways in which law enforcement agencies apprehend persons accused of illegal sale of drugs is through buy-bust operations. A buy-bust operation is a form of entrapment, whereby a police agent disguised as a buyer of illegal drugs undertakes a sales transaction with a seller.
As a general rule, a buy-bust operation, considered as a form of entrapment, is a valid means of arresting violators of Republic Act No. 9165. It is an effective way of apprehending law offenders in the act of committing a crime.
Oct 14, 2023 · A buy-bust operation is a form of law enforcement strategy where officers pose as buyers of illegal goods with the intention of arresting the seller once the transaction is complete.
For example, a buy-bust operation was conducted in broad daylight in a remote area where the quantity of the illegal drug seized is less than one gram, the most common quantity in buy-bust operations that the Court encounters in appealed cases.
Jan 12, 2022 · A buy-bust operation was conducted on Aug. 1, 2021, in Balagtas, Bulacan that led to the neutralization of a Chinese national and confiscation of 74.8 kilos of shabu worth P509.23 million.
