• GILBERT P. BAYORAN
The series of buy bust operations in the highly urbanized cities of Bacolod and Iloilo from April 5 to 7, led to the apprehension of five drug suspects and the recovery of about 265 grams of suspected shabu, with a market value of P1,802,000.
The arrest of a construction worker on Sunday, whose identity was withheld by Police Station 8 operatives during a buy bust operation in Brgy. Mandalagan, Bacolod City, led to the seizure of about 90 grams of suspected shabu with a market value of P612,000.
Three other drug suspects were also nabbed by the police in a buy bust operation Guimbal, Iloilo, on April 6, which also yielded an estimated 150 grams of suspected shabu with a market value of P1,020,000.
Two of the three drug suspects are jobless, while another one is a fisherman, according to the police.
Police operatives also collared an alias Sydney, in Jaro, Iloilo, on April 5, which also yielded 25 grams of suspected shabu with a market value of P170,000.*
