2 arrested for drugs

By RUBY P. SILUBRICO

SAN MIGUEL, Iloilo — Two former employees of a soft drink company fell into the hands of the police in a drug operation in Brgy. San Jose here.

The 22-year-old Joemar Jagonase and his friend, 30-year-old Nestor Villavecencio, both of Zone 2, Brgy. Ungka, Pavia town, were detained in the San Miguel police station.

They were arrested in a buy-bust operation at about 9:40 p.m. on Thursday.

Senior Insp. Raymond Celoso, police municipal chief, said the suspects had been under surveillance for a long time since they were not natives of San Miguel.

Celoso said the suspects were former employees of a soft drink company in Brgy. Ungka, Pavia.

Police recovered five sachets of shabu from Jagonesa, and drug paraphernalia and a knife from Villavecencio./PN