• GILBERT P. BAYORAN
Policemen seized another P1.1 million worth of suspected shabu from three suspects who were arrested on October 27 and 29 in Bacolod City.
A 39-year-old fish vendor, categorized by the police as a High Value Individual drug personality, and his 32-year-old companion, whose identities were both withheld by the police, were arrested during a buy bust operation at Purok Kawayan in Barangay Banago, Bacolod City, on Oct. 29.
The arrest of two drug suspects yielded 65 grams of suspected shabu with a market value of P442,000.
On Oct. 27, the police also seized about 100 grams of suspected shabu with a market value of P680,000, in a buy bust operation at Brgy. Singcang-Airport in Bacolod City.
Their arrest of alias ‘Chris’, of Talisay City, Negros Occidental, yielded a caliber .38 revolver with three ammunition.
The apprehension of another drug suspect on Oct. 28 in Brgy.1 poblacion, Sagay City, Negros Occidental, also yielded about 3.6 grams of suspected shabu, valued at P24,480.*