Drug suspect resists arrest, shot

By: Glazyl Y. Masculino

BACOLOD City – An alleged drug personality was injured in a shootout with police operatives during a buy-bust operation at Barangay Mansilingan here Thursday night.

Police identified the suspect as Judy Regala, 22, of the said village.

Regala allegedly tried to evade arrest and fired his .38-caliber revolver at the policemen, which prompted the latter to retaliate.

Regala was brought to Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital here for a gunshot wound.

Personnel of Police Station 7 recovered Regala’s revolver with two cartridges and a live ammunition. They also seized four sachets of suspected shabu worth P200,000, a tooter, and the P300 marked money.

In the same evening, Wilfredo Nedruda, 35, of Barangay Banago here was arrested at Barangay Singcang-Airport here after he allegedly yielded eight sachets of suspected shabu worth P40,000, and the P500 marked money.  He is detained at Police Station 8.

Last Wednesday, Roel Lapuapoy Santa Ana, 29, of Barangay Handumanan here was arrested at Barangay 4 here after police confiscated from him four sachets of suspected shabu worth P25,000, the P300 marked money, and drug paraphernalia.

Santa Ana, a newly-identified drug personality is detained at Police Station 5.

Also arrested that day at Barangay 20, Victorias City was June Dusaran, 28, of Barangay 6.

Police recovered from him seven sachets of suspected shabu worth P10,000, the P400 marked money, P200 cash, and a cellular phone.