BY MAI LADIAO & JEN BAYLON
BACOLOD City – Authorities have successfully apprehended a street-level suspected drug dealer in a buy-bust operation by the Himamaylan City Police Station.
The operation at about 2:15 a.m. on Monday, March 4, in Barangay Cardio-an, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental resulted in the arrest of “Marbie,” a resident of the place.
Authorities seized eleven sachets of suspected shabu, weighing approximately 43 grams and with an estimated street value of P292,400. All have been turned over to the Regional Forensic Unit 6 for laboratory examination.
Also among the confiscations were an improvised firearm, buy-bust money, and other drug paraphernalia.
The arrested individual is currently in the custody of the Himamaylan City police and will be facing charges under Republic Act 9165, also known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002./PN
