College student, two others nabbed with P489-K ‘shabu’

By Glazyl Y. Masculino

BACOLOD City – Three persons, including a college student, were busted with 72 grams of suspected shabu worth P489,000 at Purok Lubi, Barangay 3 here last Wednesday.

Operatives of the City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU) arrested the subject identified as Jimmy Cordova, 31, and his two alleged drug runners – Wilfrando Francia, 60, and Michael Ababa, 22, a student, all residents of the said barangay.

Captain Joven Mogato, CDEU head, said that Cordova was subjected to a buy-bust operation after they received reports last month about his alleged illegal activity in the area.

Police also recovered from them the P1,000 marked money, P2,000 boodle money, and P250.

Mogato said that Cordova had an anti-fencing law case in 2021 and was released the following year.

The recovered illegal drugs were reportedly sourced here, which is the subject of police investigation.

Drug charges have been filed against the three suspects yesterday, who are detained at Police Station 2.