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BACOLOD City – Two persons were caught engaging in illegal gambling in Barangay Mambulac, Silay City, Negros Occidental.
They were identified as residents 26-year-old Antonio Castor and 21-year-old John Mark Tupas, a police report showed.
Police officers chanced upon them playing an illegal number game or bug-oy on Thursday.
When frisked, the suspects yielded suspected shabu weighing about four grams valued at around P30,000.
Castor and Tupas were detained in the lockup cell of Silay City police station, facing charges./PN
