BACOLOD City — A 64-year-old man was arrested after police seized an estimated P454,036 worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation at Barangay 6 here on October 25.
Operatives of the Special Operations Unit-Negros Island Region of the Philippine National Police Drug Enforcement Unit conducted the operation around 11:10 a.m., according to Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) records.
The suspect, identified only as alias “Rodel,” a resident of the barangay, was arrested after allegedly selling a sachet of suspected shabu to an undercover police officer.
Police recovered several plastic sachets containing suspected shabu weighing a total of 66.77 grams, along with the marked money used in the operation.
The suspect is currently detained at the custodial facility of Police Station 2.
He will face charges for violation of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
The operation forms part of police efforts to combat the illegal drug trade in the Negros Island Region.(WDJ)/PN
