BACOLOD City – Twelve sachets of suspected shabu valued at around P120,000 were seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Camugao, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental.
The 29-year-old resident Mario Escalona yielded the suspected illegal drugs, a police report showed.
Escalona was nabbed after he sold a sachet of suspected illegal drugs to an undercover cop for P100 around 6:40 p.m. on Feb. 19.
The suspect was detained in the lockup cell of the Kabankalan City police station, facing charges for violation of Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002./PN