BACOLOD City – Ten sachets of suspected shabu was confiscated from a man in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Libacao, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental.
Resident Joemedes Cordero, 48, was caught around 12:10 p.m. on Feb. 19, a police report showed.
Prior to his arrest, Cordero allegedly sold a sachet of illegal drugs to an undercover officer for P350.
Aside from suspected illegal drugs, two bullets of a .45-caliber pistol, a cellphone and drug paraphernalia were also seized.
The suspect – detained in the lockup cell of the Himamaylan City police station – faces charges for violation of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002./PN
