BACOLOD City – Two men were arrested in separate police operations targeting violations of the Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act (VAWC) and illegal drugs in this city on October 31, 2026.
The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) reported that the operations resulted in the arrest of a 38-year-old man wanted for a VAWC violation and a 36-year-old suspected drug personality in a buy-bust operation.
At around 4:45 p.m., personnel of Police Station 7 (PS7), led by Police Capt. Jay-R P. Reyes, arrested a man identified only by the alias “Ontoy,” a resident of Barangay Alijis.
The suspect was apprehended through the implementation of a warrant of arrest for alleged violation of Republic Act 9262, or the Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004.
The warrant was issued by the Regional Trial Court in Bacolod City on January 5, 2017, with a recommended bail of P5,000.
It was served at the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology facility in Barangay Handumanan, Bacolod City.
Meanwhile, at around 9:23 p.m., operatives of Police Station 2 (PS2), led by Police Maj. Rondyl M. Tapang, arrested a 36-year-old man identified only by the alias “Bungo” in a buy-bust operation at his residence in Barangay 2.
Police identified the suspect as a street-level drug personality included in the Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Council (BADAC) watchlist.
The operation yielded approximately 13 grams of suspected shabu with an estimated standard drug price of P88,400.
Seized during the operation were five sachets of suspected shabu, including one sachet purchased by an undercover operative and four others allegedly recovered from the suspect, a coin purse, and a P500 bill used as buy-bust money.
The suspect and the confiscated evidence were brought under police custody for documentation and the filing of appropriate charges./PN
