BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN
Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and policemen yesterday seized about P3.5 million worth of suspected shabu in separate buy operations in cities of San Carlos and Silay, Negros Occidental.
The arrest of Emil Mariano by PDEA operatives and local police in Brgy. 6, San Carlos City, yielded about 500 grams of suspected shabu, with a market value of P3.4 million.
PLt. Robi Aurita, San Carlos City deputy police chief, disclosed that they monitored Mariano, 39, categorized as a high value individual drug personality, to have just received a big volume of illegal drugs from Cebu City.
Aside from suspected shabu, PDEA and the local police recovered P10,000 in marked money and a motorcycle from Mariano.
Another buy-bust operation of the police in Brgy. Guinhalaran, Silay City, yesterday led to the arrest of two drug suspects identified as Darry Jaud, and a 17-year-old, whose identity is being withheld, both listed as Street Level Individual drug personalities.
The arrest of two suspects yielded an estimated 15 grams of suspected shabu, with a market value of P105,000, and its assorted paraphernalia, P1,500 in buy bust money and an improvised explosive device (IED).*
