PHP 850,000 shabu seized; four suspects nabbed

By Glazyl M. Jopson

BACOLOD CITY — Four persons were arrested in separate buy-bust operations here and in Negros Occidental over the weekend.

Operatives of the City Drug Enforcement Unit arrested three persons, including a teenager, in Barangay 10 here on Friday.

The suspects were identified as “Totong,” 43, “Roberto,” 25, and “Cheldan,” 18, all residents of the village.

The Bacolod City Police Office tagged Totong as a high-value individual, while the two others were classified as street-level individuals.

Police seized 75 grams of suspected shabu worth PHP 510,000, and the suspects are detained at Police Station 2.

The BCPO said the operations align with its mandate to ensure public safety and order during large-scale events, especially with the celebration of the MassKara Festival.

Police Brig. Gen. Arnold Thomas Ibay, director of Police Regional Office–Negros Island Region, vowed to sustain heightened vigilance and intensify the anti-drug campaign throughout the festival and beyond.

Meanwhile, a 44-year-old man was also apprehended by the Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit in Barangay Tinongan, Isabela town, with the confiscation of 50 grams of suspected shabu worth PHP 340,000.

Police said the suspect is considered a major supplier of illegal drugs in the town, with his source reportedly coming from Bacolod City.