BACOLOD CITY — Two residents of this metropolis had been arrested Friday morning throughout a buy-bust that yielded P3.4 million in shabu in Purok Kabuhi, Barangay 10, a report of Bacolod Metropolis Police Workplace (BCPO) confirmed.
The suspects had been recognized as alias “John,” 29, an electrical tricycle driver, and “Ellan,” 36, a development employee.
Minutes earlier than 6 a.m., “John” bought a sachet of shabu price P1,000 to an undercover policeman.
“This resulted within the swift apprehension of each suspects by the Metropolis Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU),” the BCPO report mentioned.
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Operatives additionally recovered 16 plastic sachets and 5 knot-tied plastic luggage of shabu weighing about 500 grams priced at P6,800 per gram.
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Alias “John” will probably be charged with violation of Part 5 (sale of harmful medication) and Part 11 (possession of harmful medication), whereas alias “Ellan,” with violation of Part 26 (try or conspiracy), of the Complete Harmful Medication Act of 2002.
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The All Saints’ Day drug haul adopted the sequence of main buy-bust operations carried out by the BCPO because the center of October to forestall additional proliferation of shabu within the just-concluded forty fifth MassKara Competition.
On Oct. 26, operatives arrested a suspect who yielded P5.44 million price of shabu in Purok Narra Baybay, Barangay 8.
CDEU brokers additionally apprehended three siblings, who yielded P1.36 million price of shabu, in Purok Kabugwason, Barangay Mansilingan on Oct. 23; and seized a kilogram of shabu price P6.8 million from a lone suspect in Purok Masinadyahon, Barangay 12 on Oct. 17.
The BCPO drug enforcement groups additionally recovered shabu valued at a complete P6.8 million throughout buy-busts in Barangay Tangub and Barangay Singcang-Airport, respectively, on Oct. 13 and 14. (PNA)