Four Capizeños collared in P2-M drug bust in Iloilo

By Jennifer P. Rendon 

Four persons from Capiz province were arrested in a police anti-narcotics operation afternoon of June 3, 2020 in Sta. Barbara, Iloilo.

Anti-drug operatives collared Jan Herbert Roxas, 43, of San Roque Extension, Roxas City; Hersky Cabarlo, 43, of Poblacion Ilawod, Dumarao town; Rudini Arabacan, 36, of Barangay Cagay, Roxas City; and Roseler Villalba, 39, of Poblacion Ilaya, Dumarao.

Members of the PNP Regional Drug Enforcement Unit 6 (RDEU-6) and the Regional Intelligence Division 6 (RID-6) arrested the four suspects around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Deca Homes in Barangay Balabag.

Police reports stated that the four allegedly conspired and connived in selling a sachet of suspected shabu for P2,000.

Police later recovered from them a round plastic container filled with 16 big heat-sealed and a small plastic sachet of suspected shabu.

RDEU-6 operatives pegged the street value of the confiscated drugs at P2 million.

The four suspects are now detained at the lock-up cell of Sta. Barbara Police Station pending the filing of charges for violation of Republic Act 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002).

So far, it is the biggest amount of illegal drugs seized in Iloilo for the past several months.

Police Lieutenant Colonel Gilbert Gorero, Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) spokesperson, said that they have monitored that some illegal drug personalities went active following the placement of the entire region under general community quarantine (GCQ).