Three more drug suspects were arrested by the police in the cities of Silay and Himamaylan in Negros Occidental, with about P50,000 worth of suspected shabu and its paraphernalia.

About 2.4 kilos of suspected shabu, worth P24 million, were seized from three suspects during a buy-bust operation in Purok Datiles, Phase 4, in Barangay Handumanan, Bacolod City, at about 9 a.m. yesterday.

About P750,000 worth of suspected shabu was seized from the top 10 high value target in Western Visayas during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Estefania, Bacolod City, at about 3:15 p.m. Sunday.

P/Col. Henry Biñas was relieved from his post as director of the Bacolod City Police Office, effective yesterday, and transferred to the Philippine National Police-Drug Enforcement Group in Camp Crame as chief of directorial staff.

A group of armed men shot and killed a 35-year-old man in Calatrava, while a security guard was found dead at his outpost in Sipalay City, all in Negros Occidental, the police reported yesterday.

A 39-year-old seaman, who held his own mother hostage Friday night in Brgy. 4, Victorias City, Negros Occidental, was arrested by the police and is now facing a string of cases, including alarm and scandal, illegal possession of firearms and illegal drugs, police chief Lt. Col. Eduardo Corpuz yesterday said.

A man stabbed his uncle dead before also stabbing himself in Purok Paghidaet, Barangay Tangub in Bacolod City, at about 8:40 a.m. yesterday.

A total of 1,205 police personnel engaged in the anti-drug campaign in Western Visayas are scheduled to undergo vetting and retraining, in compliance with the counter-intelligence process of the Philippine National Police, regional police director Brig. Gen. Rene Pamuspusan, said yesterday.

The Bacolod City Police Office installed a food bank for indigent individuals and affected police personnel for coronavirus disease cases in Bacolod City.