BACOLOD City – Sixteen persons were arrested in a drug buy-bust operation in Barangay 6, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental.
Suspected shabu weighing about 20 grams valued at around P240,000 were seized from alleged drug den maintainer Elma Bartolin; Jorge Pasilan; Charles Anonas; Dexter Sibuyan; Ryan Caño; Eddie Boy Barbadillo; Rolito Chiu; Lastly Bartulin, Marissa Flora, Recesio; Janmark Abarquez; Cecile Boy Blanco; Carlos Caballero; Niño Kim Bartolin; Jerry Mangyao; and a male minor, a police report showed..
The suspects were nabbed around 11:45 a.m. on Feb. 25, it added.
They were detained in the lockup cell of the San Carlos City police station, facing charges for violation of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
The minor, meanwhile, was turned over to the police station’s Women and Children Protection Desk./PN