BACOLOD City – Six sachets of suspected shabu weighing about 30 grams valued at around P450,000 were seized in Barangay Rizal, Silay City, Negros Occidental.
Resident Jennel Bayotas, 38, and Angelo Armigos, 34, of Barangay Lantad, Silay City yielded the suspected illegal drugs, a police report showed.
Village watchmen nabbed the suspects outside Bayon’s residence when they failed to present their quarantine passes around 4:30 p.m. on April 2, it added.
Aside from suspected shabu, two cellphones and P50,740 cash were also recovered from their possession.
According to police investigators, Bayotas and Armigos were planning to sell the drugs in the city.
The suspects were detained in the custodial facility of the Silay City police station, facing charges for violation of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002./PN
