BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS
ILOILO City – The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) seized a total of P510,000 worth of shabu and arrested nine suspects in separate drug operations around the metro.
At 10:30 a.m. on Sept. 5 in Zone 4, Barangay Caingin, La Paz district, the ICPO seized four sachets of shabu weighing more or less two grams and valued at P13,600.
Suspects Jonalyn Carpio Dela Cruz, 42, and Leonidas Adelantar Caspe were detained at the La Paz police custodial facility for proper disposition.
In Zone 7, Barangay Bito-on, Jaro at 10:50 p.m. of the same day, suspect Pedro Clavero Arroyo Jr., 56, was arrested.
ICPO’s Drug Enforcement Unit asset bought one big sachet of shabu worth P12,000 from the suspect.
The police recovered seven sachets of shabu, including the buy-bust item, valued at P340,000.
An hour later, around 11:40 p.m. in Barangay San Antonio, Molo, 35-year-old suspect James Ybarzabal Estrella was arrested.
Recovered were two sachets of suspected shabu valued at P13,600.
The following day, Sept. 6, P102,000 worth of shabu was seized in Barangay Rizal Pala-Pala 1, City Proper.
Suspects Algen Brillantes Angeles, 29; Keroy Brillantes Angeles, 26; and Ronald Brillantes Janas, 36, all residents of the barangay, were collared at 1:45 a.m.
Later, at 3:40 a.m., the city police collared suspect Reynaldo Sicada Niepes, 42, of Barangay Boulevard, Molo.
Recovered were more or less five grams, valued at P34,000 during the operation in Barangay Tabucan, Mandurriao.
And, by 6:16 a.m., another drug suspect was collared in Zone 12, Barangay Calaparan, Arevalo.
Recovered from 23-year-old suspect Jj Gabuan Dingcong of Barangay Infante, Molo was shabu valued at P6,800. /PN
