• GILBERT P. BAYORAN
Policemen arrested 10 drug suspects in separate buy bust operations on January 15 in Negros Occidental, leading to the confiscation of P681,360 worth of suspected shabu.
Four of the 10 suspects, identified as Sonny Jane Villajera, Jesmar Mahinay, Peter Sario, and Anton Hechanova, were arrested by the police during a buy bust operation at Purok 6 in Barangay 1 poblacion, Kabankalan City.
Their apprehensions yielded about 25 grams of suspected shabu with a market value of 170,000, and its paraphernalia, as well as P800 in cash and marked money.
Another buy bust operation at Zone 3 in Brgy. II poblacion, Manapla, also resulted in the arrest of a certain Rodly, 50, and the recovery of an estimated 63 grams of suspected shabu valued at P428,400.
Policemen also arrested another drug suspect, a laborer, in Brgy. Tinampa-an Cadiz City, after he sold a sachet of suspected shabu to a police poseur buyer on Wednesday.
The police also recovered about three grams of suspected shabu with a market value of P20,400, and P500 in marked money, during the buy bust operation.
Another buy bust operation at Hacienda Aurora in Brgy. Rizal, Silay City, led to the apprehension of a certain Arnel, and the recovery of more or less eight grams of similar illegal drugs, valued at P54,400, and P1,800 in marked money.
Three more drug suspects were apprehended by the police in the cities of Sipalay, Bago, and Victorias, which yielded about more than P8,000 worth of suspected shabu.*