• THERESA MAE DULMAN
Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) have arrested two and seized an estimated P680,000 worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation early Tuesday morning.
The City Drug Enforcement Unit conducted the operation, led by Assistant Chief PLT. Richard Legada, at around 2:50 a.m. in Barangay Banago, Bacolod City.
The suspects were identified as 18-year-old Teodolo Aro, a high-value individual, and a resident of Purok Rojas, Barangay Tangub, and 26-year-old Veronica Alob, unemployed, single, and a resident of the barangay.
Authorities confiscated an estimated 100 grams of suspected shabu from the possession of the suspects.
Legada said that the Aro is dropping off large amounts of illegal drugs in the barangays of Banago and Tangub, as well as in Goldenfields Commercial Complex in Barangay Singcang-Airport.
The arrested suspects are now under the custody of Police Station 3 and will be facing charges for violations of Sections 5, 11, and 26 of Republic Act 9165, also known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
The BCPO said in a statement that they reaffirmed their commitment to its relentless campaign against illegal drugs.*
