More than P300K worth of ‘shabu’ seized, 18 arrested

By Glazyl Y. Masculino

 

BACOLOD City – Policemen seized around P338,868 worth of suspected shabu and arrested 18 persons in separate buy-bust operations here and in Negros Occidental from Dec 11 to 12, 2020.

The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) confiscated P281,200 worth of suspected shabu while the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (Nocppo) recovered P57,668 worth of the same contraband.

The BCPO arrested six persons in Barangays 2, Sum-ag, Vista Alegre, and Bata.

The operations here were conducted by personnel of Police Stations 2, 5, 9, and City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU).

For the province, drug bust operations were conducted in the cities of Cadiz, La Carlota, San Carlos, and the towns of Isabela, Hinoba-an, Hinigaran, and Pontevedra.

Drug charges are being readied against the arrested suspects.