Suspected shabu worth PHP 408,000 found in Kabankalan field

BACOLOD CITY – About 60 grams of suspected shabu worth PHP 408,000 were found in a sugarcane field in Purok Lower Baras, Barangay Bantayan, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, on Tuesday.

Police Lt. Col. John Ganzon, chief of the Kabankalan City Police Station, said a farmworker discovered a black sling bag in the field while working.

The worker found the suspected drugs inside and brought the bag to the barangay hall.

The bag contained 13 sachets of suspected shabu, which the 63-year-old barangay chief turned over to police.

Ganzon said police could not determine whether the bag had been left intentionally or by accident.

He said its condition suggested that it might have been in the field for some time.

The suspected shabu was submitted to the Negros Occidental Provincial Forensic Unit for laboratory examination and proper disposition.